The earth on show [electronic resource] : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connor, Ralph (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press , c2007
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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505 0 |a 1. Introduction : Science as literature -- 2. Enter the mammoth -- 3. William Buckland : antiquary and wizard -- 4. Lizards and literalists -- 5. Lyell steps in -- 6. Marketing geology -- 7. Polite science and narrative form -- 8. Time travel and virtual tourism in the age of John Martin -- 9. Literary monsters -- 10. Scenes and legends from deep time -- 11. Hugh Miller and the geologic diorama -- 12. Epilogue : New mythologies of the ancient earth 
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