Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology

by Lawrence Weschler

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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.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780679764892
ISBN10	0679764895
Series/Work	OL2027559W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Vintage
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

069.5 20.11 Am101.l725 w47 1996 Collectors and collecting Collectors and collecting--history Cultural Literacy and Humanities History Historymuseum of jurassic technology Jura (geologische periode) Museum of jurassic technology. Museum of Jurassic Technology Museums Museums--philosophy Particuliere verzamelingen Philosophy Popular culture Popular culture--history Popular culture, united states Popular culture--united states--history Reading Level-Adult

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