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In this fascinating history of the aquarium, Bernd Brunner tells a compelling story of obsession, beauty, discovery and delight, from the aquarium's humble origins as a tool for scientific observation to the Victorian era's elaborately decorated containers of oceanic curiosity, to the great public aquaria of the twentieth century.

The Ocean at Home An Illustrated History of the Aquarium

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      Publisher: Reaktion Books
      Publication Date: 3/1/2011
      ISBN13: 9781861898166, 978-1861898166
      ISBN10: 1861898169
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      Book Synopsis
      In this fascinating history of the aquarium, Bernd Brunner tells a compelling story of obsession, beauty, discovery and delight, from the aquarium's humble origins as a tool for scientific observation to the Victorian era's elaborately decorated containers of oceanic curiosity, to the great public aquaria of the twentieth century.

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