Freaks of Nature

MarkS Blumberg

RRP: £12.99

Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Publication Date : 22/01/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Looks at the science behind the phenomena, questioning what really is 'normal'. With both animals and humans, it looks at their treatment through the centuries, from being revered as Gods to being persecuted as the Devil's servants.

Publisher's description:

From two-legged goats and double-headed snakes, to 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, Mark S. Blumberg looks at 'freak' bodily anomalies in both humans and other animals to reveal how such deformities provide valuable windows on the intimate connections between genetics, evolution, development, and the environment.

ISBN: 9780199213054