Stuffed animals & pickled heads : the culture and evolution of natural history museums /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asma, Stephen T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Natural history museums.
Natural history > Exhibitions > Design.
Natural history museums > History.
Natural history > Exhibitions > Design and construction > History.
Sciences naturelles > Musées > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Expositions > Conception et construction > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Musées.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
Natural history.
Natuurlijke historie.
Musea.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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