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Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann.
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| Authors: |
Winchester, Simon.
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| Call number: |
573.76 WIN |
| Publisher: |
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal , c2012. |
| Publication date: |
c2012. |
| Subject: |
Skull -- Pictorial works.
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| Title: |
Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann. |
| Physical description: |
253 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents note: |
Amphibians -- Birds -- Fish -- Mammals -- Reptiles. |
| Summary note: |
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. |
| Added author: |
Mann, Nick.
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| ISBN: |
9781579129125 (hbk.)
1579129129 (hbk.) |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1400083
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| Bib No.: |
1400083 |
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