New York Times Book Review of Ken Alder’s The Lie Detectors
William Grimes reviews Ken Alders’ newly released book, The Lie Detectors, (which has previously been mentioned on this blog): March 2, 2007 Books of The Times The Tangled Web of the Truth Machine By WILLIAM GRIMES Its inventor called it the cardio-pneumo-psychograph. To a clutch of coeds in Berkeley, Calif., in 1921, it was a …