Proceedings of the Dublin Blaschka Congress
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Congresses; Plants; Models; Glass flowers; Marine invertebrates; Animal models in research; Glass animals; Dublin Blaschka Congress (2006 : Dublin, Ireland)
Other titles: Historical biology 0891-2963.
Notes: Published as as special issue of Historical Biology, v. 20, no. 1, Mar. 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Crystal creatures : context for the Dublin Blaschka Congress / Julia D. Sigwart; title: From reference specimen to verisimilitude : the Blaschkas' penchant for botanical accuracy / Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox; title: The Blaschka models of the Humboldt University of Berlin and their historical context / Sabine Hackethal; title: Learning through glass : the Blaschka marine models in North American post secondary education / Ruthanna Dyer; title: Enchanted invertebrates : Blaschka models and other simulacra in National Museums Scotland / Geoffrey N. Swinney; title: The Natural History Museum Blaschka collections / C. Giles Miller and Miranda Lowe; title: Mezzanine art, or the stor(e)y between science and art / Thomas A.P. Van Leeuwen; title: Abstracts from original presentations contributed to the Dublin Blaschka Congress.