Mermaids and Mastodons
Author: Richard Carrington
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKStrange, mythical, and extinct animals and their history in fact and legend.
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Author: Richard Carrington
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKStrange, mythical, and extinct animals and their history in fact and legend.
Author: Richard Carrington
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Carrington
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Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781258776633
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Carrington
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 251
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Carrington
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 251
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William T. Alderson
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA “Feejee mermaid,” the skeletal remains of a “wooly mammoth,” and a “cabinet of learned turkies which will dance to music,” were attractions at Baltimore’s Peale Museum in the early 1800s. As the nation’s first museum directors, Charles Wilson Peale, and his sons Rembrandt and Rubens, laid the foundation of the modern American museum.
Author: Richard Carrington
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 256
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Published: 1990
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Vaughn Scribner
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2020-08-13
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1789143136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeople have been fascinated by merpeople and merfolk since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer’s Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid and the film Splash, myths, stories, and legends of half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In modern times “mermaiding” has gained popularity among cosplayers throughout the world. In Merpeople: A Human History, Vaughn Scribner traces the long history of mermaids and mermen, taking in a wide variety of sources and using 117 striking images. From film to philosophy, church halls to coffee houses, ancient myth to modern science, Scribner shows that mermaids and tritons are—and always have been—everywhere.
Author: Robert Silverberg
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2007-06-01
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780803259898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs if history and nature had not provided wonders enough, through the ages humans themselves have contrived more marvels to deceive one another. Sometimes they have concocted evidence when none was available to prove pet theories; sometimes their intention has been to impress or defraud; sometimes they have acted merely for sport. ø Robert Silverberg tells the stories of a baker's dozen of these scientific hoaxers in a lively, good-humored book that ranges through time and across continents. Here are perpetual-motion machines and space rockets, men on the moon and serpents in the sea. The rogues? gallery is a varied one: Dr. Mesmer, who cast his hypnotic spell on eighteenth-century Paris; Charles Dawson, whose Piltdown Man challenged evolution; Dr. Cook, with his tale of ?discovering? the North Pole; and many others. ø These are fascinating stories and more than just entertainment. The author explains the scientific background against which the hoaxes appeared and the detective work that led to their exposure. The schemers teach us to be alert, to challenge the evidence, and to appreciate the healthy skepticism that characterizes the scientific method.