The earth on show [electronic resource] : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / Ralph O'Connor
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TextPublication details: Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 541 p., [6] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)ISBN: - 9780226616704 (electronic bk.)
- 0226616703 (electronic bk.)
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | QE13.G7 O26 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000056346 |
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-489) and index
Introduction : Science as literature -- Enter the mammoth -- William Buckland : antiquary and wizard -- Lizards and literalists -- Lyell steps in -- Marketing geology -- Polite science and narrative form -- Time travel and virtual tourism in the age of John Martin -- Literary monsters -- Scenes and legends from deep time -- Hugh Miller and the geologic diorama -- Epilogue : New mythologies of the ancient earth
Mode of access : Internet