“All the creatures of folklore and popular culture raise unanswered questions about the bodies we inhabit. The walking corpse horrifies because our bodies will bear a real resemblance to them someday, sans the perambulation. Medical oddities are distburbing because they… — W. Scott Poole Copy Share Image
“American cold war culture represented an age of anxiety. The anxiety was so severe that it sought relief in an insistent, assertive optimism. Much… — W. Scott Poole Copy Share Image
“Robert Boyle, the English scientist largely responsible for the creation of the modern discipline of chemistry, interviewed miners in the 1670s in an attempt… — W. Scott Poole Copy Share Image
“The monster in American history is not simply that which destroys. It is a being that must be destroyed. ...There can be no simple… — W. Scott Poole Copy Share Image
“All the creatures of folklore and popular culture raise unanswered questions about the bodies we inhabit. The walking corpse horrifies because our bodies will… — W. Scott Poole Copy Share Image
