Photo: #"The Lie Detectors," by Ken Alder. He is also the author of "The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World."
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"The Lie Detectors," by Ken Alder. He is also the author of "The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World." (Free Press Publishers)

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What lie detectors say about us

Broadcast: Midmorning, 05/28/2007, 9:00 a.m.

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A new book chronicles the invention and controversial use of the lie detector. Historian Ken Alder focuses on the inventors whose lives were destroyed by the device made to measure deceit.

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  • Ken Alder: Author of "Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession." He's also the author of "The Measure of All Things."

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