| Genie: A Scientific Tragedy Contributor(s): Rymer, Russ (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060924659 ISBN-13: 9780060924652 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: The compelling story of a young woman's emergence into the world after spending her first 13 years strapped to a chair, and her rescue and exploitation by scientists hoping to gain new insight into language acquisition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Psychology | Experimental Psychology - Self-help | Abuse |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92053327 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.88" W x 8.16" (0.43 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A tragic tale of obsession, exploitation, and lost souls. And the questions Rymer poses about human experience and experiments on humans make the story both intellectually absorbing and emotionally disturbing. Genie is a wondrous feat of storytelling and investigative journalism, compulsively readable while forcing us to think hard about our own humanity. --Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club The compelling story of a young woman's emergence into the world after spending her first 13 years strapped to a chair in a closed room, and her rescue and exploitation by scientists hoping to gain new insight into language acquisition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rymer, Russ: - Russ Rymer is a journalist who has written for The New Yorker, Harper's, and the New York Times. His first book, Genie, was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in Los Angles. |