| Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy Vintage Books Edition Contributor(s): Weschler, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679764895 ISBN-13: 9780679764892 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century "wonder cabinets" that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science. Illustrations. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Social Science | Popular Culture - Reference |
| Dewey: 069 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.32" W x 8" (0.49 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California |
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| Publisher Description: Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century wonder cabinets that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science. |