A practical guide to developing a new kind of scientific approach

Rupert Sheldrake, the well-known biologist, in his book Seven Experiments That Could Change the World seeks answers to questions traditionally ignored and ignored by official science. How does our pet "know" when we are going home? On what basis are pigeons able to return to their starting place from long distances? Can people really feel "phantom limbs" in the place of their once amputated, lost limbs, and can they really tell when are they being watched from behind?