Book ID: CBB000650535

The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium (2005)

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Brunner, Bernd (Author)


Princeton Architectural Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: 144 pp.; ill.; bibl.
Language: English

Description On the development of aquariums since ancient times, including discussion of commerce and marketing necessary for sustaining them.


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Review Ritvo, Harriet (2007) Review of "The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium". Technology and Culture (p. 186). unapi

Review Nyhart, Lynn K. (2006) Review of "The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (p. 464). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wessely, Christina
Vennen, Mareike
Tipton, Jason Alexander
Piccolino, Marco
Yuko Takigawa
Rabb, George
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Archives of Natural History
Zhongguo Keji Shiliao (China Historical Materials of Science and Technology)
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Publishers
Wallstein Verlag
University of Virginia Press
University of Chicago Press
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Fishes
Zoology
Marine biology
Aquariums
Marine ecology
Natural history
People
Aristotle
Williamson, Henry Charles
Zheng, Guangzu
Walsh, John
Shakespeare, William
Holbrook, John Edwards
Time Periods
19th century
Ancient
20th century
18th century
16th century
20th century, late
Places
Greece
China
Great Britain
Barcelona (Spain)
Mediterranean region
Scotland
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