Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection /
Winchester, Simon.
Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann. - New York : Black Dog & Leventhal , c2012. - 255 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Amphibians. Frogs ; Newts -- Birds. Seabirds ; Birds of prey ; Game birds ; Kingfishers and hornbills ; Toucans and woodpeckers ; Nightjars and swifts ; Cassowaries, ostriches, and rheas ; Owls ; Parrots ; Passerines (perching birds) ; Penguins ; Pigeons ; Wading birds ; Waterbirds -- Fish. Spiny-finned fish ; Piranha and catfish ; Eels ; Codlike fish and frogfish ; Pike ; Bowfish -- Mammals. Aardvarks ; Armadillos ; Bandicoots ; Pangolins ; Bats ; Carnivores ; Egg-laying mammals ; Even-toed ungulates ; Odd-toed ungulates ; Flying lemurs ; Hedgehogs ; Marsupials ; Moles and shrews ; Opossums ; Primates ; Rabbits and hares ; Rodents ; Sloths ; Tenrecs ; Treeshrews ; Hyraxes ; Elephants ; Whales and dolphins -- Reptiles. Crocodiles ; Lizards and snakes ; Turtles.
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
9781579129125 1579129129
2012285124
GBB277896 bnb
016143405 Uk
Dudley, Alan, 1957- --Collectibles.
Skull--Pictorial works.
QL822 / .W56 2012
573.76
Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann. - New York : Black Dog & Leventhal , c2012. - 255 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Amphibians. Frogs ; Newts -- Birds. Seabirds ; Birds of prey ; Game birds ; Kingfishers and hornbills ; Toucans and woodpeckers ; Nightjars and swifts ; Cassowaries, ostriches, and rheas ; Owls ; Parrots ; Passerines (perching birds) ; Penguins ; Pigeons ; Wading birds ; Waterbirds -- Fish. Spiny-finned fish ; Piranha and catfish ; Eels ; Codlike fish and frogfish ; Pike ; Bowfish -- Mammals. Aardvarks ; Armadillos ; Bandicoots ; Pangolins ; Bats ; Carnivores ; Egg-laying mammals ; Even-toed ungulates ; Odd-toed ungulates ; Flying lemurs ; Hedgehogs ; Marsupials ; Moles and shrews ; Opossums ; Primates ; Rabbits and hares ; Rodents ; Sloths ; Tenrecs ; Treeshrews ; Hyraxes ; Elephants ; Whales and dolphins -- Reptiles. Crocodiles ; Lizards and snakes ; Turtles.
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
9781579129125 1579129129
2012285124
GBB277896 bnb
016143405 Uk
Dudley, Alan, 1957- --Collectibles.
Skull--Pictorial works.
QL822 / .W56 2012
573.76