EAN: 9781788162463

AM I NORMAL? - SARAH CHANEY TASCHENBUCH

*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* *A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book
of 2022* 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole
world differently' The Daily Telegraph ***** 'Riveting' Mail on Sunday ***** 'Captivating'
Guardian  Book of the Day 'Compelling' Observer Sarah Chaney takes us on an eye-opening and
surprising journey into the history of science  revisiting the studies  landmark experiments
and tests that proliferated from the early 19th century to find answers to the question: what's
normal? These include a census of hallucinations - and even a UK beauty map (which claimed the
women in Aberdeen were the most repellent). On the way she exposes many of the hangovers that
are still with us from these dubious endeavours  from IQ tests to the BMI. Interrogating how
the notion and science of standardisation has shaped us all  as individuals and as a society 
this book challenges why we ever thought that normal might be a desirable thing to be.

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