290 pages
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2009 by Canongate.
3 stars
(1 review)
The third man factor is a riveting scientific and historical analysis of an extraordinary idea: that people at the very edge of death, often adventurers or explorers, sense an incorporeal being beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive.
Subjects
- Near-death experiences -- Psychological aspects
- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Psychological aspects
- Adventure and adventurers -- Psychology