Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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We are curious travelers who rest our heads upon dreams and float awake with the sun; Format: ISBN: 9780008520779Publish/Release date: April 14, 2022Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersNumber of pages: 352Width (mm): 153Height (mm): 234Depth (mm): 26 To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology, and a new machine that had just been invented in Berkeley by a rookie detective, a visionary police chief, and a teenage magician with a showman's touch. Mon: closedTue: 10am-6pmWed: 10am-6pmThu: 10am-9pmFri: 10am-9pmSat: 10am-6pm Touching on psychology, technology and the science of the truth, Tremors in the Blood is a vibrant, atmospheric thriller, and a warning from history: be careful what you believe. Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. We are the Talking Animals. John Larson, Gus Vollmer and Leonarde Keeler hoped the lie detector would make the justice system fairer - but the flawed device soon grew too powerful for them to control. Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who conspired with bandits to have her murdered?