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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.