Dry Storeroom No. 1, Issue 1A remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that make London’s Natural History Museum one of the world’s greatest institutions. In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Richard Fortey takes his readers to a place where only a few privileged scientists, curators, and research specialists have been—the hallowed halls that hold the permanent collection of the Natural History Museum. Replete with fossils, jewels, rare plants, and exotic species, Fortey’s walk through offers an intimate view of many of the premiere scientific accomplishments of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Like looking into the mind of mankind and all the fascinating discoveries, ideas, and accomplishments that reside there, Fortey’s tour is utterly entertaining from first to last. |
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... London . Knopf , Borzoi Books , and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House , Inc. Portions from Chapter 7 originally appeared in Orion magazine . Library of Congress Control Number : 2008926695 ISBN 978-0-307-26362-9 ...
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... London , I was foolish enough to ask the careers master , " How do you get into a museum ? " The other boys chortled and guffawed and cried out , " Through the front door ! " But I soon learned that it would not be that easy . Getting ...
... London , I was foolish enough to ask the careers master , " How do you get into a museum ? " The other boys chortled and guffawed and cried out , " Through the front door ! " But I soon learned that it would not be that easy . Getting ...
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... London and found complex constructions in his garden entirely fabricated from Museum detritus . There was a kind of apotheosis of the garden shed , a thing with porticoes and pillars , and inside the shed yet more stuff retrieved from ...
... London and found complex constructions in his garden entirely fabricated from Museum detritus . There was a kind of apotheosis of the garden shed , a thing with porticoes and pillars , and inside the shed yet more stuff retrieved from ...
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... London were the storehouses for the still - growing catalogue of what is now often termed biodiversity , the richness of the living world . Although it achieves a lot besides , the basic justification of research in the reference ...
... London were the storehouses for the still - growing catalogue of what is now often termed biodiversity , the richness of the living world . Although it achieves a lot besides , the basic justification of research in the reference ...
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Contents
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Old Worlds | 73 |
Animalia | 114 |
Theatre of Plants | 154 |
Multum in parvo | 185 |
Museum Rocks | 220 |
Noahs Ark in Kensington | 257 |
House of the Muses | 292 |
Acknowledgements | 315 |
Further Reading | 317 |
Illustration Credits | 319 |
Index | 325 |
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