Book ID: CBB000830501

The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802--1856 (2007)

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O'Connor, Ralph (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xiii + 541 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the popularization of the new geology in Britain.


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Review Brinkman, Paul D. (2010) Review of "The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802--1856". Museum History Journal (p. 281). unapi

Review Digrius, Dawn Mooney (2008) Review of "The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802--1856". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 592). unapi

Review Rupke, Nicolaas A. (2008) Review of "The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802--1856". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 614). unapi

Review Paradis, Jim (2009) Review of "The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802--1856". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 675). unapi

Review Freeman, Michael (2009) Review of "The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802--1856". Victorian Studies (p. 384). unapi

Review Lightman, Bernard (2009) Review of "The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802--1856". Journal of Modern History (p. 668). unapi

Essay Review Fyfe, Aileen (2012) A Literate Scrutiny of a Popular Science. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 579-582). unapi

Essay Review Rainger, Ronald (2010) New Bones to Pick. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 268-278). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lightman, Bernard V.
Fallon, Richard
Wigelsworth, Jeffrey Robert
Stiles, Anne
Rees, Amanda
Monson, Charles
Journals
History and Technology
British Journal for the History of Science
Victorian Literature and Culture
Science as Culture
Science and Education
Public Understanding of Science
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Cambridge University Press
Iowa State University
Routledge
Ashgate
Geological Society of America
Concepts
Popularization
Popular culture
Fossils
Communication of scientific ideas
Science and culture
Science and society
People
Hutchinson, Henry Neville
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William
Newton, Isaac
McCabe, Joseph
Ferrier, David
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Iowa (U.S.)
London (England)
Florence (Italy)
United States
Spain
Institutions
Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain)
British Interplanetary Society
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Zoological Society of London
Royal Geographical Society
Linnean Society of London
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