Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection
Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann.
- 255 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"Skull collection by Alan Dudley." Includes index.
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
101621855 DNLM 016143405 Uk
Dudley, Alan, 1957-
Skull--Collectors and collecting--Pictorial works. Skull in art--Pictorial works. Skull. Skull in art. Skull--anatomy & histology. Vertebrates--anatomy & histology.