Skulls an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection
Tells the rich and fascinating story of skulls, both human and animal, from every perspective imaginable: historical, biographical, cultural, and iconographic. Presenting details about the parts of the skull (including the cranium, the mandible, the shape and positioning of the eye sockets, and spec...
Main Author: | Winchester, Simon. |
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Other Authors: | Mann, Nick. |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Black Dog & Leventhal ,
c2012.
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Summary: |
Tells the rich and fascinating story of skulls, both human and animal, from every perspective imaginable: historical, biographical, cultural, and iconographic. Presenting details about the parts of the skull (including the cranium, the mandible, the shape and positioning of the eye sockets, and species-specific features like horns, teeth, beaks and bills), information about the science and pseudoscience of skulls, and a look at skulls in religion, art and popular culture, his stories and information are riveting and enlightening. |
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Physical Description: |
253 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781579129125 (hbk.) 1579129129 (hbk.) |
Author Notes: |
He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature. (Bowker Author Biography) |