| The Invention of Telepathy Contributor(s): Luckhurst, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199249628 ISBN-13: 9780199249626 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2002 Annotation: The belief in telepathy is still widely held and yet it remains much disputed by scientists. Roger Luckhurst explores the origins of the term in the late nineteenth century. Telepathy mixed physical and mental sciences, new technologies and old superstitions, and it fascinated many famous people in the late Victorian era: Sigmund Freud, Thomas Huxley, Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde. This is an exciting and accessible study, written for general readers as much as scholars and students. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Science | History |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 2002512654 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (1.34 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: The belief in telepathy is still widely held and yet it remains much disputed by scientists. Roger Luckhurst explores the origins of the term in the late nineteenth century. Telepathy mixed physical and mental sciences, new technologies and old superstitions, and it fascinated many famous people in the late Victorian era: Sigmund Freud, Thomas Huxley, Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde. This is an exciting and accessible study, written for general readers as much as scholars and students. |