Book ID: CBB001033352

The Star-Crossed Stone: The Secret Life, Myths, and History of a Fascinating Fossil (2011)

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McNamara, Ken (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 272 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Claims that fossil patterns influenced religion and culture in societies around the world.


Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Gregory P. Dietl
Bruce S. Lieberman
Volkan Sarıgül
Gwen S. Antell
Jonathan R. Hendricks
Julien Kimmig
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Archives of Natural History
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Leonardo
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Filosofia e História da Biologia
Publishers
Geological Society of America
University Press of Kentucky
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Chicago Press
Olschki
Florida State University
Concepts
Fossils
Paleontology
Natural history
Museums
Earth sciences
Geology
People
Hutchinson, Henry Neville
Vallisneri, Antonio
Roberts, George
Buckland, Francis Trevelyan
Spallanzani, Lazzaro
Sardinha, Simão Pires
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
17th century
Places
United States
Italy
Wyoming (U.S.)
Missouri (U.S.)
England
Kentucky (U.S.)
Institutions
University of Padua
University of Wyoming
Università di Pavia
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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