The earth on show fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 /

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Main Author: O'Connor, Ralph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-489) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : Science as literature -- Enter the mammoth -- William Buckland : antiquary and wizard -- Lizards and literalists -- Lyell steps in -- Marketing geology -- Polite science and narrative form -- Time travel and virtual tourism in the age of John Martin -- Literary monsters -- Scenes and legends from deep time -- Hugh Miller and the geologic diorama -- Epilogue : New mythologies of the ancient earth. 
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