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The Earth on Show. Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856.
Ralph O´connor
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Paperback. Tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Num Pages: 542 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
At the turn of the nineteenth century, geology - and its claims that the earth had a long and colorful prehuman history - was widely dismissed as dangerous nonsense. But just fifty years later, it was the most celebrated of Victorian sciences. Ralph O'Connor tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a new geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Shrewd science writers, O'Connor shows, marketed spectacular visions of past worlds, piquing the public imagination with glimpses of man-eating mammoths, talking dinosaurs, and ... Read more
At the turn of the nineteenth century, geology - and its claims that the earth had a long and colorful prehuman history - was widely dismissed as dangerous nonsense. But just fifty years later, it was the most celebrated of Victorian sciences. Ralph O'Connor tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a new geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Shrewd science writers, O'Connor shows, marketed spectacular visions of past worlds, piquing the public imagination with glimpses of man-eating mammoths, talking dinosaurs, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Number of Pages
542
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226103204
SKU
V9780226103204
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About Ralph O´connor
Ralph O'Connor is a lecturer in Irish-Scottish studies in the Department of History at the University of Aberdeen.
Reviews for The Earth on Show. Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856.
"Undoubtedly a tour de force and an outstanding success." (David Oldroyd, Nuncius) "This book is utterly brilliant." (Sharon Ruston, Byron Journal) "The portrayal of the geological past to a public hungry for drama and instruction is explored with great verve by Ralph O'Connor.... One could argue that the awareness of deep time has changed human perception of our place in ... Read more