The lie detectors : the history of an American obsession : Alder, Ken : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

xiv, 334 p. : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-318) and index

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

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