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| Genre/Form: | Exhibitions Expositions |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Asma, Stephen T. Stuffed animals & pickled heads. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (OCoLC)646945731 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen T Asma |
| ISBN: | 0195130502 9780195130508 |
| OCLC Number: | 44128187 |
| Description: | xv, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Flesh-eating Beetles and the Secret Art of Taxidermy -- Peter the Great's Mysterious Fars: How to Pickle a Human Head and Other Great Achievements of the Scientific Revolution -- Taxonomic Intoxication, Part I: Visualizing the Invisible -- Taxonomic Intoxication, Part II: In Search of the Engine Room -- Exhibiting Evolution: Diversity, Order, and the Construction of Nature -- Evolution and the Roulette Wheel: A Chance Cosmos Rattles Some Bones -- Drama in Diorama: The Confederation of Art and Science. |
| Responsibility: | Stephen T. Asma. |
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