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Jan 28, 2016 · Every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of …

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Is the distinction between “real” and “fake” as clear-cut as we think? “Historian Pyne (Seven Skeletons) offers a thoughtful examination of what it is to be fake...Pyne's well-written survey illuminates the …

Lydia Pyne is a writer and historian, interested in the history of science and material culture. She has degrees in history and anthropology and a PhD in biology (history and philosophy of science) from …

An irresistible journey of discovery, science, history, and myth making, told through the lives and afterlives of seven famous human ancestors "An important reminder that we are a self-obsessed …

Amid the historical decimation of species around the globe, a new way into the language of loss An endling is the last known individual of a species; when that individual dies, the species becomes …

‘More than a quaint history, Postcards offers a personal and investigative homage to a lost art. Pyne makes a persuasive case for viewing postcards as a special kind of technology – one that has been …

Curriculum vitae Education PhD Biology (History & Philosophy of Science), Arizona State University MS Biology (History & Philosophy of Science), Arizona State University MA Anthropology, UT Austin BA …