The Thought Reader Craze: Victorian Science at the Enchanted Boundary Tapa blanda - 2012
de Barry H. Wiley
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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.
Detalles
- Título The Thought Reader Craze: Victorian Science at the Enchanted Boundary
- Autor Barry H. Wiley
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Páginas 238
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial McFarland & Company
- Fecha de publicación 2012
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780786464708 / 0786464704
- Peso 0.75 libras (0.34 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 pulgadas (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm)
- Época de 18 a UP años
- Cursos 13 - UP
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Temas
- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects Extrasensory perception, Telepathy
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2012035341
- Dewey Decimal Code 133.820
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