false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg 14315 3 In the non-Aristotelian, non-Euclidean, non-Newtonian space between the walls of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles exist bats that can fly through lead barriers, spore-ingesting pronged ants, elaborate theories of memory, and a host of other off-kilter scientific oddities that challenge the traditional notions of truth and fiction. Lawrence Weschler's book, expanded from an article for <i>Harper's</i>, is, at turns, a tour of the museum, a profile of its founder and curator, David Wilson, and a meditation on the role of imagination and authority in <i>all</i> museums, in science and in life. <i>Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder</i> is an exquisite piece of "magic realist nonfiction" that will prove utterly captivating. 1099115 1995 Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology total:513|5:223|4:185|3:93|2:11|1:1| 513 2157 775 81 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 5 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 15:16:45 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 11:21:28 -0800 2009 Wunderkammern. Step into a world of wondrous "could-be" and bizarre scientific and anthropological phenomena. What is re...more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 13 20:56:43 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 15:32:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 0 0 false Sun Jun 07 15:09:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 15:16:56 -0700 2009
I took a class in grad school called "Mind In Motion." All the stuff we read actually evoked the working of the author's mind, in the text, as you were reading it. The idea was, it's not enough to just tell us what you know. Make us come to know it in th...more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 08:20:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 06:54:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 3 0 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 13:13:38 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 13:13:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:17:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:23:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 4 0 false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:06:29 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:15:15 -0800 2009 once One of the strangest and most fascinating books I've read in a while.

After stumbling a bizarre and obscure museum in L.A., Lawrence Weschler's persistent curiosity leads him to a discovery of horned humans, miniature sculptures, and a host of mysterious historical characters who ...more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 3 0 false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:03:59 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 08:13:09 -0800 2008
The book does good job of describ...more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 16:15:45 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 16:07:21 -0800 2008 Wunderkammen, along an otherwise insignificant strip of road in Los Angeles?

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This is about the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City (just down the street from us) -- a museum that may (or may not) be filled with fictional exhibits -- things like a human horn, ...more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 4 0 false Tue Jun 02 17:06:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 17:06:49 -0700 2009 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 4 0 false Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:20:30 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 04 22:12:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 14315 0679764895 9780679764892 494 79 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586463m/14315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14315.Mr_Wilson_s_Cabinet_Of_Wonder_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Technology 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 21 15:56:47 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 15:58:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1112139 0679439986 9780679439981 19 2 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181094642m/1112139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1112139.MR_WILSON_S_CABINET_OF_WONDER_Pronged_Ants_Horned_Humans_Mice_on_Toast_and_Other_Marvels_of_Jurassic_Techno_logy 3 0 false Sun Sep 20 21:03:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 21:05:04 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14315