Pox: Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis

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Edition: Reprint
Release: 2003-12-25
Publisher: Basic Books
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0465028829
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From Beethoven to Oscar Wilde, from Van Gogh to Hitler, Deborah Hayden throws new light on the effects of syphilis on the lives and works of seminal figures from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries.Writing with remarkable insight and narrative flair, Hayden argues that biographers and historians have vastly underestimated the influence of what Thomas Mann called "this exhilarating yet wasting disease." Shrouded in secrecy, syphilis was accompanied by wild euphoria and suicidal depression, megalomania and paranoia, profoundly affecting sufferers' worldview, their sexual behavior, and their art. Deeply informed and courageously argued, Pox has been heralded as a major contribution to our understanding of genius, madness, and creativity. Download Pox for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank Reviews

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Edition: 1
Release: 2006-10-10
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0812970527
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It was the most radical human-breeding experiment in American history, and no one knew how it turned out. The Repository for Germinal Choice–nicknamed the Nobel Prize sperm bank–opened to notorious fanfare in 1980, and for two decades, women flocked to it from all over the country to choose a sperm donor from its roster of Nobel-laureate scientists, mathematical prodigies, successful businessmen, and star athletes. But the bank quietly closed its doors in 1999–its founder dead, its confidential records sealed, and the fate of its children and donors unknown. In early 2001, award-winning columnist David Plotz set out to solve the mystery of the Nobel Prize sperm bank.

Plotz wrote an article for Slate inviting readers to contact him–confidentially–if they knew anything about the bank. The next morning, he received an email response, then another, and another–each person desperate to talk about something they had kept hidden for years. Now, in The Genius Factory, Plotz Download The Genius Factory for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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