Author : Martin Monestier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0806510218
Human Oddities
Martin Monestier
Human Oddities
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Freak Show
Robert Bogdan
Author : Robert Bogdan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780226227436
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This cultural history of the travelling freak show in America chronicles the rise and fall of the industry as attitudes about disability evolved. From 1840 until 1940, hundreds of freak shows crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today’s standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative—the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment. Robert Bogdan’s fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimens.
Human Oddities
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Sura Books
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8185629897
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Human Oddities
Noria Jablonski
Author : Noria Jablonski
Publisher : Counterpoint
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1593760841
Human Oddities by Noria Jablonski Pdf
A collection of short works focuses on a central theme of the human body as a landscape, in a volume that relates the experiences of such characters as separated conjoined twins, drag queens, and hospital orderlies. A first collection. Original.
Human Oddities
David Pilgrim
Author : David Pilgrim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Abnormalities, Human
ISBN : IND:39000001159628
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Anatomical Oddities
Alice Roberts
Author : Alice Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781398510074
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Every part of the human body has a name - and story. But how familiar are you with your arachnoid mater or your Haversian canals? Anatomical Oddities is an artistic and linguistic adventure, taking the reader on a journey to discover the hidden landscape of the human body: its crypts and caverns, gorges, islets and mountains. Along the way, we dip into the history of our relationship with the human body and the discoveries that paved the way for modern anatomy and medicine. Quirky, bizarre and beautiful, these pages feature original artworks from Professor Alice Roberts. The intricate details of the human body, the stories of people who unearthed its secrets, and the meanings of the words we use to describe it are laid bare.
Animals and the Human Imagination
Aaron Gross,Anne Vallely
Author : Aaron Gross,Anne Vallely
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231152976
Animals and the Human Imagination by Aaron Gross,Anne Vallely Pdf
This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collection reflects the growth of animal studies as an independent field and the rise of 'animality' as a critical lens through which to analyze society and culture, on par with race and gender.
A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities
Jan Bondeson
Author : Jan Bondeson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781501733451
A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities by Jan Bondeson Pdf
Long ago, curiosities were arranged in cabinets for display: a dried mermaid might be next to a giant's shinbone, the skeletons of conjoined twins beside an Egyptian mummy. In ten essays, Jan Bondeson brings a physician's diagnostic skills to various unexpected, gruesome, and extraordinary aspects of the history of medicine: spontaneous human combustion, colonies of snakes and frogs living in a person's stomach, kings and emperors devoured by lice, vicious tribes of tailed men, and the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal. Bondeson tells the story of Mary Toft, who gained notoriety in 1726 when she allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits. King George I, the Prince of Wales, and the court physicians attributed these monstrous births to a "maternal impression" because Mary had longed for a meal of rabbit while pregnant. Bondeson explains that the fallacy of maternal impressions, conspicuous in the novels of Goethe, Sir Walter Scott, and Charles Dickens, has ancient roots in Chinese and Babylonian manuscripts. Bondeson also presents the tragic case of Julia Pastrana, a Mexican Indian woman with thick hair growing over her body and a massive overgrowth of the gums that gave her a simian or ape-like appearance. Called the Ape Woman, she was exhibited all over the world. After her death in 1860, Julia's husband, who had also been her impresario, had her body mummified and continued to exhibit it throughout Europe. Bondeson tracked the mummy down and managed to diagnose Julia Pastrana's condition as the result of a rare genetic syndrome.
The Book of Days
Robert Chambers
Author : Robert Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Anecdotes
ISBN : ONB:+Z227558607
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Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities
Lyn Gala
Author : Lyn Gala
Publisher : Lyn Gala
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1393325610
Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities by Lyn Gala Pdf
Ondry and Liam have settled into a good life, but their trading is still tied up with humans, and humans are always messy. When political changes at the human base lead Ondry to attempt a difficult trade, the pair find themselves entangled in human affairs. Liam wants to help the people he left and the worlds being torn apart. He also wants to serve Ondry with not only the pleasures of the nest but also by bringing human profits. Ondry has no hope of understanding human psychology in general, he only knows that he will hold onto his palteia with the last breath in his body, and he'd like to keep his status and his wealth too. Unfortunately, new humans bring new conflicts and he is not sure how to protect Liam. He does know one thing that humans seem to constantly forget--that the peaceful Rownt are predators and when their families are threatened, Rownt become deadly killers. Liam is his family, and Ondry will protect him with his last breath... assuming that he can recognize the dangers in time to do so.
Human Oddities
Noria Jablonski
Author : Noria Jablonski
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781593760847
Human Oddities by Noria Jablonski Pdf
In Human Oddities, we meet Siamese twins, newly separated, drag queens, and seedy hospital orderlies. A corpse washed up on the beach, cancer diagnoses, and tummy tuck operations all intrude abruptly into characters' lives; sadness is interrupted by hilarity. Jablonski's characters cope with the drama of the body and what it means, what it feels like, to be marked as different. If Ludwig Wittgenstein's belief that "the human body is the best picture of the human soul" is right, what does that say about the diseased body, the less–than–perfect body? Without flinching, Noria Jablonski shows us the passions and longings of her characters, made more vivid by their bodies in doubt, on hold, in transit. Her earthy, pungent characters and deadpan narrative style leave their mark on a reader. With the blunt, gritty impact of a Diane Arbus photograph, these are stories of lives not commonly recorded, and the characters—often physically unique, some might say monstrous—are delivered with compassion, dignity, and a hopeful, therapeutic humor. Brought to light, they deepen our understanding of the human condition, revealing us to ourselves.
About the Oddities of Quantum Mechanics
Josef Honerkamp
Author : Josef Honerkamp
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783658345785
About the Oddities of Quantum Mechanics by Josef Honerkamp Pdf
Quantum mechanics is a physical theory for objects of the microcosm, e.g. for atoms or electrons. It has proven itself so far, but leads to the fact that we have to grant properties and relations to these objects, which are neither compatible with our common sense nor with the concepts of classical physics. These peculiarities are presented and their meaning for our cognitive faculty and for a world view is discussed. This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Über die Merkwürdigkeiten der Quantenmechanik by Josef Honerkamp, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Archaeological Oddities
Kenneth L. Feder
Author : Kenneth L. Feder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538105979
Archaeological Oddities by Kenneth L. Feder Pdf
This book is an offbeat field guide for sites in North America that reflect the rejection of the facts of prehistory and history. They are the physical equivalents of "fake news" about America's ancient past. Feder provides an entertaining summary forty sites along with the practical information you’ll need to visit these fun and fascinating sites.
Body Oddity Projects
Rebecca Felix
Author : Rebecca Felix
Publisher : Unplug with Science Buddies (R
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541554948
Body Oddity Projects by Rebecca Felix Pdf
"Discover amazing tricks of the human body with these hands-on science projects. Step-by-step instructions and photos guide readers through each project, and Science Takeaway sidebars explain the science behind the results."--
Space Oddities
Joe Cuhaj
Author : Joe Cuhaj
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781633887855
Space Oddities by Joe Cuhaj Pdf
Nothing captivates the human imagination like the vast unknowns of space. Ancient petroglyphs present renderings of the heavens, proof that we have been gazing up at the stars with wonder for thousands of years. Since then, mankind has systematically expanded our cosmic possibilities. What were once flights of fancy and dreams of science fiction writers have become nearly routine – a continuous human presence orbiting the Earth, probes flying beyond our solar system, and men walking on the moon. NASA and the Russian space program make traveling to the stars look easy, but it has been far from that. Space travel is a sometimes heroic, sometimes humorous, and always dangerous journey fraught with perils around every corner that most of us have never heard of or have long since forgotten. Space Oddities brings these unknown, offbeat, and obscure stories of space to life. From the showmanship and bravado of the earliest known space fatality, German Max Valier, to the first ever indictment under the Espionage Act on an Army officer who leaked secrets concerning the development of early U.S. rockets; and the story of a single loose bolt that defeated the Soviet Union’s attempt to beat America to the moon. Author Joe Cuhaj also sheds light on the human aspects of space travel that have remained industry secrets – until now: how the tradition of using a musical playlist to wake astronauts up began, fascinating tales about inventions like the Fischer Space Pen, Omega watches, and even Tang breakfast drink. In addition to fun and entertaining space trivia, Space Oddities also features stories of the profound impact that space travel has had on challenges right here at home, like the effort by civil rights leaders and activists in the 1960s to bring the money from the space program back home to those in need on Earth; NASA’s FLATs (First Lady Astronaut Training) program and the 13 women who were selected to become astronauts in 1960, but were denied a chance at flying even after successfully completing the rigorous astronaut training program; and, the animals who many times sacrificed their lives to prove that man could fly in space. Filled with rare and little-known stories, Space Oddities will bring the final frontier to the homes of diehard space readers and armchair astronauts alike.