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The Thought Reader Craze
- Victorian Science at the Enchanted Boundary
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Thought Reader Craze af Barry H. Wiley, 9780786464708
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
238
ISBN-13:
9780786464708
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786464704
Udg. Dato:
10 okt 2012
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,2
Oplagsdato:
10 okt 2012
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The Thought Reader Craze

- Victorian Science at the Enchanted Boundary
Engelsk
Paperback 2012
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Beginning in 1870, the hunger for scientific discovery in Great Britain drove prominent scientists, philosophers and others to promote the legitimacy of telepathy. At the same time, mind-reading as a form of entertainment gained increasing popularity as persuasive performers like John Randall Brown, W.I. Bishop, and Stuart C. Cumberland convinced reporters that they truly could read the thoughts of others.

The widely publicized, sometimes bizarre, interactions between scientists and these charlatans ushered in the Thought Reader Craze, a period that lasted through about 1910 and saw entertainers make and lose fortunes and scientists make and lose reputations. This volume explores this unusual cultural phenomenon, showing how it was aided through the years by public scientific pronouncements, astonishing performances by the thought readers, and the rapidly changing industrial society.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
238
ISBN-13:
9780786464708
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786464704
Udg. Dato:
10 okt 2012
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,2
Oplagsdato:
10 okt 2012
Forfatter(e):
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