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Gary Larson: The Far Side of Science (Exhibition)
birth: 1989 April 14
death: 1989 June 18
Exhibition. Opened April 14, 1989 and closed June 18, 1989. Located in Section 1A, Floor in Gallery 77 at the American Museum of Natural History. Gary Larson: The Far Side of Science featured more than 400 of Larson's Far Side cartoons presenting his views on science and the natural world.
Summary
Gary Larson: The Far Side of Science featured more than 400 of Larson's Far Side cartoons presenting his views on science and the natural world (1, p. 1). Larson, who earned a degree in biology, was dubbed "the national humorist of natural history" by Stephen Jay Gould, research associate in the Museum's Department of Invertebrates. The exhibition was the first in the newly reopened Gallery 77. At the entrance, the exhibition's title was presented in neon lights and featured a larger-than-life photograph of Larson. The cartoons were displayed in groups loosely arranged by scientific themes: scientific collections, predator/prey relationships, evolution, extinction, early man, and animal behavior (2, p. 1).
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