Cranioklepty : grave robbing and the search for genius / Colin Dickey.

  • Dickey, Colin.
Date:
[2009], ©2009
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

[Denver, Colo.] : Unbridled Books, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Mapping the invisible -- The music lover -- "So was she, so she is now" -- The golden lyre -- "All the ferrets were set in motion" -- "The riddle-filled book of destiny" -- The new science -- Skulduggery -- The brainowner and his skull -- Fragments of a mystery -- A city of corpses -- Scientific Golgothas -- A measure of fame -- Some last pathetic quibbling -- Homo renaissancus -- Homecomings -- Rival skulls -- The ruined bridges to the past -- Hoaxes and ringers -- The end of the end of the story.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    NQ.AA8-9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781932961867
  • 1932961860