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

Ralph O'Connor tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Briatin, 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 at the turn of the 19th century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Connor, Ralph
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Subjects:	1800-1899 Geology > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Geology > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Geology in literature. Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Literature and history > Great Britain. Science > Philosophy > History > 19th century. Géologie > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle. Géologie dans la littérature. Littérature et sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle. Littérature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne. Geology. Geology > Social aspects. Literature and history. Literature and science. Science > Philosophy. Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung Historische Geologie Fossil Popularisierung Evolutionstheorie Darwinismus Fossil. Popularisierung. Historische Geologie. Evolutionstheorie. Darwinismus. Great Britain. Großbritannien History.

Vassar College

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RPI

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USMA West Point

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