cabinets
mr. wilsons cabinet of wonder
pronged ants horned humans a landscape carved on a fruit pit some of the displays in david wilsons museum of jurassic technology are hoaxes . but which ones as he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors lawrence weschler revisits the 16th century wonder cabinets that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science . illustrations .
the author takes readers on a tour of his personal museum of natural oddities and optical illusions as he explores the imaginative origins of art and science