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Platypus - the extraordinary story of how a curious creature baffled the world |
| AUTHOR |
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MOYAL, Ann |
| DESCRIPTION |
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An interesting account of science at work in the 18th & 19th centuries- the difficulty of believing & conceiving of the platypus - which presented a challenge to systematized knowledge & systematizing theory. Was it a hoax, an exception? Would France explain it or England? Various schools of thought vied with each other to explain & claim the hybrid animal. |
| RETAIL |
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$29.95 (Click here to convert currency) |
| PUBLISHER |
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Allen & Unwin |
| CATEGORY |
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postcolonialism |
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