Crackpots and Eggheads

Listen to a public lecture by Dr Brian Regal

In the first in our series of ECCENTRICITY lectures, Dr Brian Regal talked about the search for ‘monsters’ – in particular the hunt for Sasquatch or ‘Bigfoot’ as it’s more commonly known, and the “crackpot” natural historians who were obsessed with the search. This interesting lecture is now available as a podcast (below).

Dr Brian Regal Dr Brian Regal, Assistant Professor for the History of Science, Kean University, New Jersey
Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

The first in a series of public lectures linked to the Museum’s ‘Eccentricity’ exhibition. Download the lecture here (right-click and press ‘save link as’) or listen online below. This lecture lasts for 50 minutes and 18 seconds.