Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder - Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy (Paperback, Vintage Books Ed.)


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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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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Product Details

General

Imprint

Vintage Books

Country of origin

United States

Release date

November 1996

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

November 1996

Authors

Dimensions

210 x 133 x 14mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

192

Edition

Vintage Books Ed.

ISBN-13

978-0-679-76489-2

Barcode

9780679764892

Categories

LSN

0-679-76489-5



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