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The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: A True Medical Mystery
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The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: A True Medical Mystery Paperback - 2000

by Clifford A. Pickover


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This can justifiably be called history's most fascinating medical mystery, a dark, true-life Alice in Wonderland tale with a streak of horror. Why should we care today about a poor, eighteenth-century girl who gave birth to monstrosities? Mary Toft's story bears uncanny parallels with our own time and contains perennial themes: science and superstition separated by the flimsiest of curtains, justice and morality, crime and punishment, and the greed and basic fears at the core of human nature. Prepare yourself for a shattering odyssey as acclaimed polymath Clifford Pickover takes you to the ultimate frontier of medical speculation. With numerous illustrations, this is an engrossing and thoroughly unique introduction to eighteenth-century science and its metaphor for today's scientific superstitions and politics. For Mary, conspiracies are everywhere, the line between good and evil lost, and the consequences exceed her most unthinkable, private desires.

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MARY TOFT WAS A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A PECULIAR passion-and an ordinary life that was changed forever when she gave birth to something nonhuman.

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  • Title The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: A True Medical Mystery
  • Author Clifford A. Pickover
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-04-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781573927949 / 1573927945
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.04 x 0.54 in (22.81 x 15.34 x 1.37 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Medical misconceptions, Abnormalities, Human
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99-56193
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/01/2000, Page 1636
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/01/2000, Page 65
  • Scitech Book News, 09/01/2000, Page 91

About the author

Clifford A. Pickover received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is the author of over 30 books on such topics as computers and creativity, art, mathematics, black holes, religion, human behavior and intelligence, time travel, alien life, and science fiction. Pickover is a prolific inventor with dozens of patents, is the associate editor for several journals, the author of colorful puzzle calendars, and puzzle contributor to magazines geared to children and adults. WIRED magazine writes, "Bucky Fuller thought big, Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." According to The Los Angeles Times, "Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretches the limits of computers, art and thought."
The Christian Science Monitor writes, "Pickover inspires a new generation of da Vincis to build unknown flying machines and create new Mona Lisas." Pickover's computer graphics have been featured on the cover of many popular magazines and on TV shows. His web site, Pickover.Com, has received millions of visits. His Blog RealityCarnival.Com is one of his most popular sites.
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