Sins against science : the scientific media hoaxes of Poe, Twain, and others / Lynda Walsh.
- Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
- Format/Description:
- Book
xii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Series:
- SUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication
- Online:
- Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005033336.html - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Scientific literature.
Science news.
Impostors and imposture in literature. - Contents:
- A brief natural history of hoaxing
Method
Poe's hoaxing and the construction of readerships
Mark Twain and the social mechanics of laughter
The hoaxes of Dan de Quille: building and defending the west
The mechanics of hoaxing. - Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791468771 (alk. paper)
079146878X (hardcover : alk. paper) - OCLC:
- 62408495
- Publisher Number:
- 9780791468777
9780791468784