Inventing the Egghead

Inventing the Egghead
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9780812244861
ISBN-13 : 0812244869
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Book Synopsis Inventing the Egghead by : Aaron Lecklider

Download or read book Inventing the Egghead written by Aaron Lecklider and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the twentieth century, popular songs, magazine articles, plays, posters, and novels alternated between representing intelligence as empowering and as threatening. In Inventing the Egghead, Aaron Lecklider cracks open this paradox by examining representations of intelligence to reveal brainpower's stalwart appeal and influence.


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