World as laboratory : experiments with mice, mazes, and men / Rebecca Lemov.

New York : Hill and Wang, 2005.

291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Strange fruits and virgin births -- Running the maze -- Embracing the real -- Psychic machines -- Circle of fear and hope -- In and out of the South -- An ordinary evening in New Haven -- The biggest file -- Anthropology's laboratory -- The impossible experiment -- The real world -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.