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The truth machine : a social history of the lie detector /

How do you trap someone in a lie? For centuries, all manner of truth-seekers have used the lie detector. In this eye-opening book, Geoffrey C. Bunn unpacks the history of this device and explores the interesting and often surprising connection between technology and popular culture. The lie detector...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bunn, G. C. (Geoffrey C.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Colección:Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Plotting the hyperbola of deception -- "A thieves' quarter, a devil's den": the birth of criminal man -- "A vast plain under a flaming sky": the emergence of criminology -- "Supposing that truth is a woman-what then?": the enigma of female criminality -- "Fearful errors lurk in our nuptial couches": the critique of criminal anthropology -- "To classify and analyze emotional persons": the mistake of the machines -- "Some of the darndest lies you ever heard": who invented the lie detector? -- "A trick of burlesque employed ... against dishonesty": the quest for euphoric security -- "A bally hoo side show at the fair": the spectacular power of expertise -- The hazards of the will to truth. 
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