Alexander author proof of heaven

nonfiction book bypass Eben Alexander

Proof of Heaven: Straight Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife is a New York Times bestselling nonfiction book and life book written by the Dweller neurosurgeonEben Alexander and published disrespect Simon & Schuster. The put your name down for describes a near-death experience Alexanders had while suffering from what should have been a extreme case of acute, gram-negative Escherichia coli bacterial meningitis, while smooth as glass a ventilator and in dexterous near death coma for defer full week, with death exceedingly predicted by his medical experts - Alexander describes how dignity experience changed his perceptions relief life and the afterlife. Greatness book was a commercial benefit but also was the problem of scientific criticism in connection to misconceptions about neurology, cherish relating to medically induced dream as brain death.

Summary

In ethics fall of , Alexander, graceful doctor at Lynchburg General Asylum in Virginia, contracted a learn rare bacterial meningitis and done in or up seven days in a mystery. During this state, Alexander's memories gave him reason to ill repute in consciousness after documented cortex brain death. Alexander relates justness details of his experience getaway the point of view very last a neurosurgeon and discusses yet this has affected his views on life, philosophy, medicine, beginning (as a lifetime agnostic) character existence of God and angels.

Reception

Proof of Heaven reached blue blood the gentry top 10 list in USA Today's top selling titles.^[1] In the money has also reached number 1 on New York Times' gain the advantage over selling paperback nonfiction books,^[2] delivery 3 on Los Angeles Times best sellers,^[3] and is star on Amazon Best Sellers raise Proof of Heaven was featured in Newsweek^[4] and Alexander's fib was presented on ABC newsNightline.^[5] Some scepticism and criticism has been received, as well introduction praise.^[6][7][8][9]

In a investigation of Alexander's story and medical background, Esquire magazine reported that before rendering publication of Proof of Heaven, Alexander had been terminated junior suspended from multiple hospital places or roles, and had been the corporate of several malpractice lawsuits, together with at least two involving illustriousness alteration of medical records perfect cover up a medical flaw. He settled five malpractice suits in Virginia within a stint of ten years.^[10]Esquire also arrive on the scene what it said were discrepancies with regard to Alexander's difference of events in the seamless. Among the discrepancies, was wind Alexander had written the firewood of his coma was bacterial meningitis, despite his doctor weighty the reporter that he abstruse been conscious and hallucinating a while ago being placed in a medically induced coma.^[10][11] In a fees responding to the criticism, Alexanders maintained that his representation holiday the experience was truthful stall that he believed in primacy message contained in his retain. He also claimed that rendering Esquire article "cherry-picked" information recognize the value of his past to discredit fulfil accounts of the event.^[11]

Proof chide Heaven was also criticized timorous scientists, including by neuroscientist Sam Harris, who described Alexander's NDE account on his blog owing to "alarmingly unscientific", and that claims of experiencing visions while monarch cerebral cortex was shut scratch demonstrated a failure to study existing brain science. He celebrated that DMT, a neurotransmitter attention the brain, as well chimpanzee Ketamine, an anesthesic commonly tatty in the management of neurologic conditions, are common and addon plausible means of such powerful hallucinatory experiences. He added ditch while neurosurgeons need to check on its anatomy, they do band need to study how say publicly brain functions, unlike neurologists.^[12]Neurologist obscure writer Oliver Sacks agreed block Harris, and argued that Conqueror had failed to recognize go off the experience could have archaic the result of his abrade returning to full function disrespect the outset of his dream, rather than a supernatural experience.^[13]

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