Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

Update: 2011-07-28

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In the first in a series of 'Eccentricity' lectures, Dr Brian Regal talks about the search for 'monsters', in particular the hunt for Sasquatch or 'Bigfoot', and the "crackpot" natural historians who were obsessed with the search. Dr Brian Regal is the Assistant Professor for the History of Science, Kean University, New Jersey.

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Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

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Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

Brian Regal

Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History