Extraordinary
Popular Delusions
& the Madness of Crowds
by Charles MacKay, Andrew P.
Tobias
Synopsis
A complete repackaging of the classic work about
grand-scale madness, major schemes and bamboozlement--and the
universal human susceptibility to all three--this
informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of
manias and deceptions, from witch burnings to the Great
Crusades to the prophecies of Nostradamus.