[NHCOLL-L:3689] Re: Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads

[Stuart Fullerton]

o.k.   i gotta ask.   who is/was the author of the book?   what is the 
publisher? and what is the price?  might be something i can add to the 
stack for a cold winters night.

cheers!  rof

John E Simmons wrote:

> Chris,
> It is a good book and a fun read.  Among other things, the author 
> examines exhibits designed by some famous scientists as a way of 
> seeing how they put their concepts of classification into practice.  
> The only serious criticism I have of the book is that the author 
> didn't seem to understand the impact that genetics had on natural 
> history, but that oversight does not affect the validity of his 
> thesis.  It is definitely a book that is well worth reading if you are 
> interested in the history of natural history.  An interesting 
> follow-up book is Steven Cohn's "Museums and American Intellectual 
> Life" that addresses the shift of the discovery of knowledge from 
> museums to universities.
>
> --John
>
> John E. Simmons
> Museologica
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> State College, Pennsylvania 16801
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>
> On Jan 2, 2008 6:27 PM, Del Re, Christine <delre at mpm.edu 
> <mailto:delre at mpm.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Colleagues,
>      
>     I would appreciate positive or negative feedback about the book
>     with the above title before I plunge in.  Any thoughts?
>      
>     many thanks in advance, Chris Del Re/MPM 
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>


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