Will-o'-the-wisps, the natural manifestation of the combustion of gases emitted by the dead rotting in their cemeteries, used to strike unreasoned terror into the hearts of our forebears. This dread finds psychological resonance today in the blind fear of radiation. The tide of this book, Will-o'-the-wisps and Nuclear Mushrooms, is doubly intriguing, but just two paragraphs are devoted to jack-o'-lanterns; the remainder concentrates on nuclear radiation.
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