Reign of the Beast

In the 1830s, decades before Darwin published the Origin of Species, a museum of evolution flourished in London. Reign of the Beast pieces together the extraordinary story of this lost working-man's institution and its enigmatic owner, the wine merchant W. D. Saull. A financial backer of the anti-cl...

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Autor principal:	Desmond, Adrian
Format:	Online
Idioma:	anglès
Publicat:	Open Book Publishers 2024
Matèries:	Evolution theories;W. D. Saull;Science Museums in London;Geology;1830s radical thinking;Atheism;Co-Operation;Fossils;Dinosaurs;Prehistoric Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBX Palaeontology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRY Alternative belief systems::QRYA Humanist and secular alternatives to religion::QRYA5 Agnosticism and atheism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNB History of education
Accés en línia:	OCN: 1433109251
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