Описание: Nineteenth-century paleontologists boasted that, shown a single bone, they could identify or even reconstruct the extinct creature it came from with infallible certainty--"Show me the bone, and I will describe the animal " Paleontologists such as Georges Cuvier and Richard Owen were heralded as scientific virtuosos, sometimes even veritable wizards, capable of resurrecting the denizens of an ancient past from a mere glance at a fragmentary bone. Such extraordinary feats of predictive reasoning relied on the law of correlation, which proposed that each element of an animal corresponds mutually with each of the others, so that a carnivorous tooth must be accompanied by a certain kind of jawbone, neck, stomach, limbs, and feet. Show Me the Bone tells the story of the rise and fall of this famous claim, tracing its fortunes from Europe to America and showing how it persisted in popular science and literature and shaped the practices of paleontologists long after the method on which it was based had been refuted. In so doing, Gowan Dawson reveals how decisively the practices of the scientific elite were--and still are--shaped by their interactions with the general public.
Автор: Valerie Purton Название: A Coleridge Chronology ISBN: 0333460219 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333460214 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21661.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A detailed chronological account of the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge built up from contemporary documents including the letters and journals of the writer and of his family and friends. Maps, a family tree and an extensive index augment the text and there are over fifty biographical sketches of the Coleridge circle.
Автор: J.L. Bradley Название: A Shelley Chronology ISBN: 0333557700 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333557709 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: J.L. Bradley`s chronology captures much of the drama and excitement of Shelley`s life. This is an informative, often witty account which will be extremely valuable to all Shelley students, scholars and enthusiasts. A section on the Shelley circle is a particularly helpful supplement to the main body of the book.
Автор: Timothy Hands Название: A Hardy Chronology ISBN: 0333459148 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333459140 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 24456.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A companion to Hardy`s life and works, listing year by year the details of his secretive biography and literary output. Background information is also provided, especially for those historical events in which Hardy took most interest.
Автор: Owen Knowles Название: A Conrad Chronology ISBN: 033345913X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333459133 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21661.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This chronology is designed to provide a digest of Conrad`s life as it develops from year to year. It is written as a series of diary or chronicle entries and thus caters for the reader who may wish to check a single fact. The main contents are supplemented by a "Who`s Who" and indexes.
Автор: A. Chapman; J. Meacock Название: A Rossetti Family Chronology ISBN: 140391219X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403912190 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book focuses on Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, it demonstrates the interconnectedness of their friendships and creativity, giving information about literary composition and artistic output, publication and exhibition, and details literary and artistic influences. It draws on many unpublished sources, including letters and diaries.
Автор: M. Garrett Название: A Browning Chronology ISBN: 0333680936 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333680933 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18866.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Several thousand letters to and from Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning have survived, together with other information on the composition and context of works from Barrett`s `lines on virtue` written at the age of eight in 1814 to Browning`s Asolando (1889).
Автор: A. Gibbs Название: A Bernard Shaw Chronology ISBN: 033363327X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333633274 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21661.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Images of Shaw`s daily private life, and of his tangled love affairs, flirtations and friendships, are intertwined with the records of his prodigiously productive career as public figure and creative writer, in a fully documented study which is both a scholarly resource and a lively biographical portrait.
Автор: F B Pinion Название: A Keats Chronology ISBN: 0333552725 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333552728 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This fully detailed chronology makes the best use of Keats`s letters to indicate his poetic aims and achievements. With maps and a bibliography, this work is not only an intensely intimate biography but also an exceptionally useful reference book for students and scholars.
Автор: Martin Garrett Название: A Romantics Chronology, 1780-1832 ISBN: 1137273267 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137273260 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book covers the life and work of a wide range of writers from Coleridge to Wollstonecraft, Hemans, Beckford and their contemporaries. Also encompassing a wealth of material on contexts from the treason trials of 1794 to the coming of gas-light to the London stage in 1817, it provides a panorama of one of the richest periods in British culture.
Автор: Timothy Hands Название: A George Eliot Chronology ISBN: 033339836X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333398364 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a companion to George Eliot`s life and works, listing year by year the details of her biography, her wide reading and her literary output. The chronology also offers previously unavailable bibliographical information, listing Eliot`s periodical publications.
Автор: J. Bradley Название: A Ruskin Chronology ISBN: 033363215X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333632154 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 14673.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The theme and scope of the Chronology focus on the life (in bare outline) and publications (in temporal order) of John Ruskin (1819-1900). As art-critic, social commentator, architectural scholar, geologist, botanist, water-colourist, lecturer, letter-writer and prose stylist, Ruskin stands forth as perhaps the pre-eminent Victorian polymath.
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