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Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

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The History of Science Museum
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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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The History of Science Museum
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Brian Regal
Keywords
monster
expedition
historian
monsters
fantasy
eccentricity
sasquatch
museum of history of science
bigfoot
Department: Museum of the History of Science
Date Added: 28/07/2011
Duration: 00:54:02

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