The Resource Hoax : a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies, Ian Tattersall and Peter N. Nevraumont
Hoax : a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies, Ian Tattersall and Peter N. Nevraumont
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- Summary
- "An entertaining collection of the most audacious and underhanded deceptions in the history of mankind, from sacred relics to financial schemes to fake art, music, and identities. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to create this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered"; a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Pie is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. Told chronologically, HOAX begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world from 365 AD and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to create this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered;" a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Poe is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. <!--EndFragment--> Organized chronologically, Hoax begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world from 365 AD and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316503723
- Label
- Hoax : a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies
- Title
- Hoax
- Title remainder
- a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies
- Statement of responsibility
- Ian Tattersall and Peter N. Nevraumont
- Subject
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- Anecdotes
- Common fallacies
- Common fallacies -- Anecdotes
- trueCryptozoology
- Deception
- trueDeception
- Deception -- Anecdotes
- Folklore
- Folklore -- Anecdotes
- trueFraud
- HISTORY -- Social History
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc
- trueHistory -- Errors, inventions, etc
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc. -- Anecdotes
- Hoaxes
- trueHoaxes
- trueHoaxes -- Anecdotes
- trueManipulation (Social sciences)
- trueMisinformation
- REFERENCE -- Curiosities & Wonders
- trueSpiritualists
- Tall tales
- Tall tales -- Anecdotes
- Art -- Forgeries
- trueArt forgeries
- Art -- Forgeries -- Anecdotes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An entertaining collection of the most audacious and underhanded deceptions in the history of mankind, from sacred relics to financial schemes to fake art, music, and identities. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to create this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered"; a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Pie is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. Told chronologically, HOAX begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world from 365 AD and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to create this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered;" a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Poe is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. <!--EndFragment--> Organized chronologically, Hoax begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world from 365 AD and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance"--
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- Tattersall, Ian
- Dewey number
- 001.9/509
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Névraumont, Peter N
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- History
- Common fallacies
- Hoaxes
- Tall tales
- Deception
- Art
- Folklore
- REFERENCE
- HISTORY
- Art
- Common fallacies
- Deception
- Folklore
- History
- Hoaxes
- Tall tales
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- a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies
- Label
- Hoax : a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies, Ian Tattersall and Peter N. Nevraumont
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- rdacarrier
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- text
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- Control code
- 1914714
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316503723
- Lccn
- 2017039798
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780316503723
- (OCoLC)993420087
- Label
- Hoax : a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies, Ian Tattersall and Peter N. Nevraumont
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1914714
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316503723
- Lccn
- 2017039798
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- (Sirsi) i9780316503723
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Subject
- Anecdotes
- Common fallacies
- Common fallacies -- Anecdotes
- trueCryptozoology
- Deception
- trueDeception
- Deception -- Anecdotes
- Folklore
- Folklore -- Anecdotes
- trueFraud
- HISTORY -- Social History
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc
- trueHistory -- Errors, inventions, etc
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc. -- Anecdotes
- Hoaxes
- trueHoaxes
- trueHoaxes -- Anecdotes
- trueManipulation (Social sciences)
- trueMisinformation
- REFERENCE -- Curiosities & Wonders
- trueSpiritualists
- Tall tales
- Tall tales -- Anecdotes
- Art -- Forgeries
- trueArt forgeries
- Art -- Forgeries -- Anecdotes
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