Tiffany Watt-Smith is a cultural historian and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. She is currently working on a book about the cultural history of involuntary mimicry from 1850 to the present day. She is also working on a book for wider audiences, The Book of Human Emotions to be published by Profile Books. Before returning to her academic studies, Tiffany worked for ten years a professional theatre director, holding full-time posts as associate director at the Arcola Theatre and International Associate at the Royal Court. In 2004 she was a recipient of the Jerwood Award for Directors at the Young Vic.

• Introduction: Playing at Looking, Playing at Being Seen ; 1. Darwin's Flinch ; 2. Monkey F Startled ; 3. Henry Head's Wince ; 4. A Convalescent Recoils ; Afterword: A Report to the Academy ; Appendix (Ferrier's Notebook F) ; Bibliography

fascinating ... consistently engaging and intelligent and represents a major contribution to our understanding of the cultures of Victorian and Edwardian scientific practice.

Tiffany Watt-Smith is a cultural historian and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. She is currently working on a book about the cultural history of involuntary mimicry from 1850 to the present day. She is also working on a book for wider audiences, The Book of Human Emotions to be published by Profile Books. Before returning to her academic studies, Tiffany worked for ten years a professional theatre director, holding full-time posts as associate director at the Arcola Theatre and International Associate at the Royal Court. In 2004 she was a recipient of the Jerwood Award for Directors at the Young Vic.

• Introduction: Playing at Looking, Playing at Being Seen ; 1. Darwin's Flinch ; 2. Monkey F Startled ; 3. Henry Head's Wince ; 4. A Convalescent Recoils ; Afterword: A Report to the Academy ; Appendix (Ferrier's Notebook F) ; Bibliography

fascinating ... consistently engaging and intelligent and represents a major contribution to our understanding of the cultures of Victorian and Edwardian scientific practice.

Tiffany Watt-Smith is a cultural historian and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. She is currently working on a book about the cultural history of involuntary mimicry from 1850 to the present day. She is also working on a book for wider audiences, The Book of Human Emotions to be published by Profile Books. Before returning to her academic studies, Tiffany worked for ten years a professional theatre director, holding full-time posts as associate director at the Arcola Theatre and International Associate at the Royal Court. In 2004 she was a recipient of the Jerwood Award for Directors at the Young Vic.

• Introduction: Playing at Looking, Playing at Being Seen ; 1. Darwin's Flinch ; 2. Monkey F Startled ; 3. Henry Head's Wince ; 4. A Convalescent Recoils ; Afterword: A Report to the Academy ; Appendix (Ferrier's Notebook F) ; Bibliography

fascinating ... consistently engaging and intelligent and represents a major contribution to our understanding of the cultures of Victorian and Edwardian scientific practice.