01769nam a2200337 a 4500 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 QE13.G7 O26 2007 0000056346 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 EBOOK 17138 17144 vtls000050213 KUKTEM 20251117141438.0 m f d cr cnu---unuuu 110110t2007 iluaf f b 001 0 eng d 9780226616704 (electronic bk.) 0226616703 (electronic bk.) 201107140017 VLOAD 201105090911 Fida UMP UMP QE13.G7 O26 2007 O'Connor, Ralph The earth on show [electronic resource] : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / Ralph O'Connor Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, 2007 1 online resource (xiii, 541 p., [6] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.) 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 Geology Great Britain History 19th century Geology Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century Geology in literature Literature and science Great Britain History 19th century NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=260176 lcc EBOOK