The earth on show [electronic resource] : fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press ,
c2007
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 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