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Ken Alder

Ken Alder is a professor of history and Milton H. Wilson Professor of the Humanities at Northwestern University. He is the author of The Measure of All Things, published to worldwide acclaim in fourteen languages. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

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The Lie Detectors
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The Lie Detectors The History of an American Obsession By: Ken Alder
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: March 6, 2007
The story of the lie detector takes us straight into the dark recesses of the American soul. It also leads us on a noir journey through some of the most storied episodes in American history. That is because the device we take...
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The Measure of All Things
The Measure of All Things The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World By: Ken Alder
This edition: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publication date: September 23, 2003
In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to...
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