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The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession
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The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession Hardcover - 2007

by Ken Alder


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The idea was mesmerizing--a scientific instrument that could reveal if someone was lying. From the award-winning author of The Measure of All Things comes the story of an invention that destroyed the souls of its inventors but captured the heart of 20th-century America.

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  • Title The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession
  • Author Ken Alder
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 334
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, U.S.A.
  • Date March 6, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780743259880 / 0743259882
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.3 x 1.21 in (23.52 x 16.00 x 3.07 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Lie detectors and detection - United States, Polygraph operators - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006052468
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.254
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