The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856 - Ralph O'Connor - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226616681 - December 1, 2007
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The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856

Ralph O'Connor

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The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856

Tracks the growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Biblereading public. In exploring the use of poetry and spectacle in the promotion of popular science, this book attempts to prove that geology's success owed much to the literary techniques of its authors.

448 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables

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Released December 1, 2007
ISBN13 9780226616681
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 542
Dimensions 188 × 261 × 40 mm   ·   1.18 kg
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