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Books by Rosamond Purcell
  | | Imagining Science by Christoph Irmscher, Rosamond Purcell Paperback, 60 Pages, Published 2017 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-02979-9, ISBN: 0-253-02979-1 "The visual arts and sciences have a shared history of creativity and parallel paths of experimentation, goal seeking, and trial and error. Both disciplines employ innovative techniques and novel materials that help their practitioners develop new ideas, discoveries, and visual products. [RE]Imagining Science, a catalogue featuring art and science projects primarily based at Indiana University, highlights distinctive types of collaborati ..." |
 | | Specimens of Hair The Curious Collection of Peter A. Browne by Ms. Rosamond Purcell, Robert Mccracken Peck Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2018 by Blast Books ISBN-13: 978-0-922233-49-6, ISBN: 0-922233-49-7 "No matter who we are, old or young, fashion conscious or style indifferent, we are all aware of hair. We wash it; we comb it; we cut, curl, and dye it. Hair can be envied or derided, and hair can provide clues to everything from age to culture to genetic identity to health. To a nineteenth-century amateur naturalist named Peter A. Browne, hair was of paramount importance: he believed it was the single physical attribute that could unrav ..." |
 | | Swift As a Shadow(1st Edition) Extinct and Endangered Animals by Rosamond Wolff Purcell, Illustrator-Rosamond Purcell, Rosamond Purcell Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1999 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-395-89228-2, ISBN: 0-395-89228-7 ""In the early nineteenth century there were so many passenger pigeons that the sky darkened when they flew overhead; it took three days for flocks to pass. They were killed by hunters or disappeared when their oak and beech habitats were destroyed. The last bird, named Martha (only the last of any species seems to merit a human name), died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1905." Here, in photographs and words, are stirring reminders of wild bea ..." |
 | | A Glorious Enterprise The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science by Robert Mccracken Peck, Patricia Tyson Stroud, Rosamond Purcell, Rosamond Wolff Purcell Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-4380-2, ISBN: 0-8122-4380-3 "Winner of the 2012 Literary Award from The Athenaeum of PhiladelphiaFounded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia stands today as the oldest natural history museum in the Western hemisphere. Early expeditions organized at the Academy were of central importance to the exploration of America's western wilderness, and the plant and animal specimens that were brought back formed the foundation of a collection that today c ..." |
 | | Dice Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay, Rosamond Purcell Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2007 by Quantuck Lane ISBN-13: 978-1-59372-030-8, ISBN: 1-59372-030-0 "A classic small celebration and meditation on dice through the ages; both brilliant and beautiful."Jay's writing is exactly what one would expect from the extremely erudite, witty and decent author of Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women and Jay's Journal of Anomalies. There is an explanation of the etymology of "craps," and there are various tales of armless dicers, ingenious hustlers, and Scandinavian kings of the Middle Ages who diced for ..." |
 | | Suspended Animation(1st Edition) Six Essays on the Preservation of Bodily Parts by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi, Rosamond Wolff Purcell, Rosamond Purcell Paperback, 151 Pages, Published 1995 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600231-8, ISBN: 0-15-600231-0 "Essays discuss the preservation of anatomical specimens, the dissection and study of corpses, human development, and the sanctity of life" |
 | | Landscapes of the Passing Strange(1st Edition) Reflections from Shakespeare by Rosamond Wolff Purcell, Michael Witmore, Rosamund Purcell, Michael Whitmore Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-33948-2, ISBN: 0-393-33948-3 "A photographic journey into the imaginative world of Shakespeare's plays. In this collaborative work, photographer Rosamond Purcell and Shakespeare scholar Michael Witmore explore the transcendent emotion in Shakespeare's work through photographs, pairing the allusive power of images with the subversive effects of Shakespeare's language. The book takes advantage of oblique connections to reveal things that cannot be represented directl ..." |
 | | Life Breaks In A Mood Almanack by Mary Cappello, Rosamond Purcell 416 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-35623-5, ISBN: 0-226-35623-X "Listening. Translated by Charlotte Mandell. New York: Fordham University Press, 2002. Söderlund, G., S. Sikstrom and A. Smart. “Listen to the Noise: Noise Is Beneficial for Cognitive Performance in ADHD.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 48 (2007): 840–47. Sollier, Pierre. Listening for Wellness: An Introduction to the Tomatis Method. Lafayette, CA: Mozart Center Press, 2005. Storr, Anthony. Music a ..." |
 | | A Glorious Enterprise The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science by Robert Mccracken Peck, Patricia Tyson Stroud, Rosamond Purcell Digital, 464 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-0714-9, ISBN: 0-8122-0714-9 "Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia stands today as the oldest natural history museum in the Western hemisphere. Early expeditions organized at the Academy were of central importance to the exploration of America's western wilderness, and the plant and animal specimens that were brought back formed the foundation of a collection that today contains some eighteen million items. What began as a small gathering ..." |
 | | Conjunctions 46, Selected Subversions: Essays on the World at Large by John Crowley, Fanny Howe, Anne Carson, Ken Gross, Robert Harbison, Ricky Jay, Michael Martone, Honor Moore, Rosamond Purcell, Joanna Scott, David Shields, Dubravka Ugresic, Nancy Willard, Geoffrey O'brien, Bradford Morrow, Robert Polito, Rikki Ducornet, Ned Rorem, Rick Moody, Ben Marcus, Eliot Weinberger, William Gass Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2006 by Bard College ISBN-13: 978-0-941964-62-3, ISBN: 0-941964-62-0 "This anthology of commissioned writing on subjects as wide-ranging as rock and roll lyrics, movies, science, pornography, curiosity cabinets, jazz and magic offers rich insights into a vast spectrum of ideas. The classic essay form--postulation, argument, exegesis, conclusion--ain't what it used to be. Lately it's too often referred to as what" |
 | | Dice Deception, Fate, & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay, Rosamond Purcell, Rosamund Purcell Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 2017 by Quantuck Lane Press Deluxe Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-59372-002-5, ISBN: 1-59372-002-5 "This celebration and meditation on dice through the ages includes an explanation of the etymology of "craps" and various tales of armless dicers and ingenious hustlers. It also features the tale of Scandinavian kings of the Middle Ages who diced for islands." |
 | | Object Lessons(1st Edition) The Visualisation Of Nineteenth-Century Life Sciences by George Loudon, Lynne Cooke, Robert Mccracken Peck, Rosamond Purcell Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Ridinghouse ISBN-13: 978-1-909932-10-4, ISBN: 1-909932-10-8 "Offering a unique perspective on the intersection of art and science, the historic curiosities in this collection reveal their creators’ remarkable capacity for artistic expression. Assembling nearly 200 pieces from the collection of George Loudon, the volume encompasses a vast assortment of objects relating to nineteenth-century life sciences. Originally designed to capture the complex structures of nature, they range from books and il ..." |
 | | Mutter Museum The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 2011 by Max Aguilera-Hellweg, Scott Irvine, Mark Kessell, Olivia Parker, Rosamond Purcell, Arne Svenson Calendar, Published 2010 by Blast Books ISBN-13: 978-0-922233-37-3, ISBN: 0-922233-37-3 |
 | | Mutter Museum 2010 by Max Aguilera-Hellweg, Laura Lindgren, Dale Gunnoe, Mark Kessell, Olivia Parker, Rosamond Purcell, Arne Svenson Calendar, 28 Pages, Published 2009 by Blast Books Wall Calendar ISBN-13: 978-0-922233-33-5, ISBN: 0-922233-33-0 "With an annual visitorship of 100,000, the Mütter Museum has become America's most popular medical museum. Featured on the Discovery channel and The Late Show with David Letterman, the Mütter Museum's collection originated more than 150 years ago with Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter, a 19th-century Philadelphia surgeon who collected unique anatomic and pathological materials for his personal teaching "museum": bones; air-dried, varnished anatomi ..." |
 | | Shells 1998 Calendar by Stephen Jay Gould, Rosamond Purcell Calendar, 28 Pages, Published 1997 by Workman Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-7611-0824-5, ISBN: 0-7611-0824-6 "Workman now publishes a separate full-color calendar catalog that includes detailed sales copy for all 1998 wall calendars, desk diaries." |
 | | Egg & Nest(1st Edition) by Rosamond Wolff Purcell, Linnea Suzanne Hall, Bernd Heinrich, René Corado, Renã Corado Hardcover, 222 Pages, Published 2008 by Belknap Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-03172-2, ISBN: 0-674-03172-5 " The beauty of the robin’s egg is not lost on the child who discovers the nest, nor on the collector of nature’s marvels. Such instances of wonder find fitting expression in the photographs of Rosamond Purcell, whose work captures the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs. Mining the ornithological treasures of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Purcell produces pictures as lovely and various as the art ..." |
 | | Miracles and Machines A Sixteenth-Century Automaton and Its Legend by King, Elizabeth, David Todd, W., Purcell, Rosamond Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2023 by Getty Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-60606-839-7, ISBN: 1-60606-839-3 |
 | | The Poetics of Natural History(Enhanced, Enhanced, New format and new color illustrations) by Irmscher, Christoph, Purcell, Rosamond, Purcell, Rosamond 403 Pages, Published 2019 by Rutgers University Press Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-978805-86-6, ISBN: 1-978805-86-1 |
 | | Bookworm(1st Edition) The Art of Rosamond Purcell by Rosamond Wolff Purcell, Sven Birkerts Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2006 by Quantuck Lane ISBN-13: 978-1-59372-023-0, ISBN: 1-59372-023-8 "Books are man-made artifacts designed to convey information. When they are inevitably invaded by forces of nature and decay, they become suggestive of an alternative literary universe. Noted photographer and collage artist Rosamond Purcell has been exploring this universe for the past thirty years, and in this extraordinarily beautiful collection, the first retrospective of her work, her images teach us to read in a new way. Here are tw ..." |
 | | Owls Head(1st Edition) On the Nature of Lost Things by Rosamond Wolff Purcell Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2007 by Quantuck Lane ISBN-13: 978-1-59372-033-9, ISBN: 1-59372-033-5 "A derelict antiques and scrap metal business in Owls Head, Maine, is the setting of this multi-layered word-portrait of its owner, William Buckminster, proprietor of an extraordinary collection of discarded and decaying items, no-longer-functioning remnants of previous lives. Buckminster's world, which includes both his vaunted talents in the local pool halls and his sure knowledge of the seemingly endless number of fascinating objects ..." |
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