The earth on show : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / Ralph O'Connor.
The earth on show : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / Ralph O'Connor.
The earth on show : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / Ralph O'Connor.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N550.94109/1
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English
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xiii, 541 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Science as Literature -- Pt. I. Building the Story -- 1. Enter the Mammoth -- 2. William Buckland: Antiquary and Wizard -- 3. Lizards and Literalists -- 4. Lyell Steps In -- Pt. II. Staging the Show -- 5. Marketing Geology -- 6. Polite Science and Narrative Form -- 7. Time Travel and V...
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Illinois
Date Published
2007.
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"At the turn of the nineteenth century, geology - and its claims that the earth had a long and colorful prehuman history - was widely dismissed as dangerous nonsense. But just fifty years later, it was the most celebrated of Victorian sciences. Ralph O'Connor tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a new geohis...
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The earth on show : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / Ralph O'Connor.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-489) and index.
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N550.94109/1
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74VMj7Q0m083
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9780226616681 (alk. paper)
0226616681 (alk. paper)
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550.94109034
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991001080119702626
