Browsing OU - Theses by Author "Magruder, Kerry"
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Fables in Natural History: An Examination of the Allegorical in the Development of Natural History Texts
Rottinghaus, Fiachra (2024-05-10)The Latin bestiary is known not only for its striking illustrations but also for the extensive religious commentary which accompanies the description of nearly every animal. While there is debate over whether the bestiary ... -
Preliminary survey of the information preservation needs of the marine conservation community
Carolyn, Scearce (2023-05-12)Observations of environmental degradation, ecosystem change, fisheries collapses, and biodiversity loss have raised concerns over our ability to preserve marine communities. Knowledge plays a key role in any attempt to ... -
Seismology in India: Colonial Geologists and the Raj, 1880-1910
Tolman, Aja (2018)At the end of the nineteenth century, seismologists were trying to create a ‘universal’ seismology that could be applied worldwide. Applying the observational European techniques in various places across the world challenged ... -
The gilded skull in England's closet : displaying human evolution at the American Museum of Natural History
Burnes, James Marcus (2014) -
Weather or Not: First Crusader Conceptions of Meteorology and the Miraculous
Raffa, Kristin (2021-05-14)Recent historians of the First Crusade have written that appearances in the sky were important to crusaders because they were signs of divine approval, served a narrative function, and indicated God's plan of an upcoming ...