• DocumentCode
    1398078
  • Title

    The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into White Men (Anderson, W.; 2008) [Book Reviews]

  • Author

    Rossi, Michael

  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    This book is a history of the search for the causes of kuru, a malady affecting women and children among the Fore people in the remote Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. Anderson is interested in the ways the story of kuru research reveals the "\´primitive\´ foundations of modern science."
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTS.2010.939544
  • Filename
    5661648