Arnoldi, Mary Jo (Editor)
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
Physical Details: 310
How do we come to know the world around us? What about worlds apart from our own--outer space, distant cultures, or even long-past eras of history?Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts explores these questions and suggests an answer: we come to know our world and worlds apart through the objects that represent them.
...MoreReview Barbara Maria Stafford (April 2017) Review of "Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts". Technology and Culture (pp. 618-620).
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