The lie detectors : the history of an American obsession / Ken Alder.

Author/creator Alder, Ken
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Free Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents The Athens of the Pacific -- "Science nabs sorority sneak" -- Policing the polis -- A window on the soul -- Monsterwork and son -- The simple home -- Poisonville -- "Subjective and objective, sir" -- If the truth came to Chicago -- The city of clinical material -- Machine v. machine -- Testing, testing -- Traces -- A science of the singular -- Fidelity -- Truth, justice, and the American lie detector -- A lie detector of curves and muscle -- Atomic lies -- Pinkos -- Deus ex machina -- Frankenstein lives! -- Box populi.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-318) and index.
LCCN 2006052468
ISBN0743259882
ISBN9780743259880

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Joyner General Stacks HV8078 .A53 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold