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Author : John Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5Q87
Author : John Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015049876546
Author : John Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 917 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Encyclopedias
ISBN : OCLC:9053410
Author : John Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1182 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015024571237
Author : John Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 958 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : LCCN:17024770
Author : John Platts
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1021798819
A Library of Wonders and Curiosities Found in Nature and Art Science and Literature is a collection of fascinating stories, facts, and anecdotes from across the scientific and cultural landscape. It covers everything from natural wonders and curious human feats to strange stories and folklore. This is a great book for anyone looking to expand their knowledge and their imagination. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2V58
Author : John 1775-1837 Platts
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101975575X
A Library of Wonders and Curiosities Found in Nature and Art Science and Literature is a collection of fascinating stories, facts, and anecdotes from across the scientific and cultural landscape. It covers everything from natural wonders and curious human feats to strange stories and folklore. This is a great book for anyone looking to expand their knowledge and their imagination. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262365680
The body in dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the fantastic as expressions of human corporeality. In The Body Fantastic, Frank Gonzalez-Crussi looks at the human body through the lens of dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the bizarre, exploring the close connection of the fictitious and the fabulous to our conception of the body. He chronicles, among other curious cases, the man who ate everything (including boiled hedgehogs and mice on toast), the therapeutic powers of saliva, hair that burst into flames, and an "amphibian man" who lived under water. Drawing on clinical records, popular lore, and art, history, and literature, Gonzalez-Crussi considers the body in both real and imaginary dimensions. Myths and stories, Gonzalez-Crussi reminds us, are the symbolic expression of our aspirations and emotions. These fantastic tales of bodies come from the deepest regions of the human psyche. Ancient Greeks, for example, believed that the uterus wandered around inside a woman's body--an "animal within an animal." If a woman sniffed an unpleasant odor, the uterus would retreat. Organized "digestive excess" began with the eating and drinking contests of antiquity and continue through the hot-dog eating competitions of today. And the "libido-podalic association," connecting male sexuality and the foot, insinuated itself into mainstream medicine in the sixteenth century; meanwhile, the feet of women in some cultures were scrupulously kept from view. Gonzalez-Crussi shows that the many imaginary representations of the body are very much a part of our corporeality.
Author : Rachel E. Walker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226822563
Examining the history of phrenology and physiognomy, Beauty and the Brain proposes a bold new way of understanding the connection between science, politics, and popular culture in early America. Between the 1770s and the 1860s, people all across the globe relied on physiognomy and phrenology to evaluate human worth. These once-popular but now discredited disciplines were based on a deceptively simple premise: that facial features or skull shape could reveal a person’s intelligence, character, and personality. In the United States, these were culturally ubiquitous sciences that both elite thinkers and ordinary people used to understand human nature. While the modern world dismisses phrenology and physiognomy as silly and debunked disciplines, Beauty and the Brain shows why they must be taken seriously: they were the intellectual tools that a diverse group of Americans used to debate questions of race, gender, and social justice. While prominent intellectuals and political thinkers invoked these sciences to justify hierarchy, marginalized people and progressive activists deployed them for their own political aims, creatively interpreting human minds and bodies as they fought for racial justice and gender equality. Ultimately, though, physiognomy and phrenology were as dangerous as they were popular. In addition to validating the idea that external beauty was a sign of internal worth, these disciplines often appealed to the very people who were damaged by their prejudicial doctrines. In taking physiognomy and phrenology seriously, Beauty and the Brain recovers a vibrant—if largely forgotten—cultural and intellectual universe, showing how popular sciences shaped some of the greatest political debates of the American past.
Author : John Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 917 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : OCLC:9053410
Author : California State Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015076064560
Author : George S. Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UIUC:30112109604832
Author : Ph. D Pankratz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781633886698
Mysteries and Secrets Revealed uncovers the reality behind mysteries of nature and secrets of frauds that eluded common understanding. The journey begins in the ancient Greek city of Delphi, where priests claimed the gift of a priceless gold lion was an acknowledgement of their clairvoyant powers. But their concocted story concealed an embarrassing blunder. Those sufficiently savvy to catch the lie became aware of even deeper problems. Author Loren Pankratz then guides us through the conflicts of Renaissance scholars, including Galileo who explained things in ways that enraged philosophers and infuriated priests. Galileo's methods of investigation were perpetuated by the meticulous work of the Academy of Experiment, and Bernard Fontenelle's enthralling dialogue enabled common people to accept life in the rearranged sun-centered universe. Clairvoyants in a mesmeric trance claimed they could visit distant planets and endure brutal surgical procedures. If any of this was real, how was it possible? One nineteenth century mesmeric savant, Alexis Didier, was so convincing that someone claimed no case of clairvoyance could be made for anyone if his accomplishments were not real. This unchallenged declaration is now unraveled here for the first time through information gleaned from uncommon documents and rare antiquarian pamphlets. The surprising manifestations of modern spiritualism quickly escalated into a psychic arms race that included mysterious tipping and turning of tables. Scientist Michael Faraday devised ingenious experiments to show how subtle muscle reactions outside of awareness created these manifestations. On the other hand, explanations for table levitations and mysterious writing on slates could only be solved by individuals with acute observational skills and acquainted with the methods of trickery. Each story in Mysteries and SecretsRevealed captures the tension of conflict, the thrill of discovery, and the strategies of science that unmasked frauds, fakes, false belief, and the enigmas of our natural world.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PURD:32754082193362
