Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder

Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9780307833983
ISBN-13 : 0307833984
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Book Synopsis Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder by : Lawrence Weschler

Download or read book Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder written by Lawrence Weschler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century "wonder cabinets" that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science.


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