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The Girl Who Gave Birth To Rabbits Pickover
The Girl Who Gave Birth To Rabbits
Pickover
Presents an introduction to eighteenth-century science and its metaphor for scientific superstitions and politics. This book describes Mary Toft's story which contains perennial themes: science and superstition separated by the flimsiest of curtains, justice and morality, crime and punishment, and the basic fears at the core of human nature.
232 pages, illus
| Media | Books Book |
| Released | April 1, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9781573927949 |
| Publishers | Prometheus Books |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 230 × 13 mm · 317 g |
| Language | English |
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