Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection

Author(s): Simon Winchester

Science

Skulls is a beautiful spellbinding exploration of more than 300 different animal skulls­—amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles—written by New York Times bestselling author, Simon Winchester and produced in collaboration with Theodore Gray and Touch Press, the geniuses behind The Elements and Solar System.

In Skulls, best-selling author Simon Winchester (author of The Professor and the Madman; Atlantic: A Biography of the Ocean; Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded; and others)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.

At the center of Skulls is a stunning, never-before-seen-in-any-capacity, visual array of the skulls of more than 300 animals that walk, swim, and fly. The skulls are from the collection of Alan Dudley, a British collector and owner of what is probably the largest and most complete private collection of skulls in the world. Every skull is beautifully photographed to show several angles and to give the reader the most intimate view possible. Each includes a short explanatory paragraph and a data box with information on the animal's taxonomy, behavior, and diet.

Skulls was published in December 2011 as an e-book for the iPad by the innovative e-book publishers Touch Press, creators of the best-selling e-books for iPad The Elements and Solar System. Both books were also published in print by Black Dog & Leventhal.

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Based upon the skull collection of Alan Dudley, whose passion has led him to posses one of the most extensive and impressive collections of skulls in the world.; Simon Winchester's books include The Professor and the Madman, Atlantic: A Biography of the Ocean, Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded and many more.

Simon Winchester is a bestselling author of more than a dozen books. His work has appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, Smithsonian and National Geographic and elsewhere. He was presented with and OBE by HM The Queen in 2006.

General Fields

  • : 9781579129125
  • : Hachette Books
  • : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
  • : 1.374
  • : October 2012
  • : 254mm X 254mm X 22mm
  • : United States
  • : September 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Simon Winchester
  • : Hardback
  • : 1012
  • : en
  • : 573.76
  • : 255
  • : col. Illustrations