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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... evolution , cradled in the bosom of our planet . The Natural History Museum is , first and foremost , a celebration of what time has done to life . If the world is to remain in ecological balance , there is a pressing need to know about ...
... evolution , cradled in the bosom of our planet . The Natural History Museum is , first and foremost , a celebration of what time has done to life . If the world is to remain in ecological balance , there is a pressing need to know about ...
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... evolved to feed from ( and pollinate ) an extraordinary flower with a matching long corolla . It is illustrated in the colour plates . But as a rule there are very few new mammal or bird species to discover , and global concern is ...
... evolved to feed from ( and pollinate ) an extraordinary flower with a matching long corolla . It is illustrated in the colour plates . But as a rule there are very few new mammal or bird species to discover , and global concern is ...
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... evolution had won the day among the intellectual class in the latter half of the nineteenth century . Owen's vision of a natural history museum was as a kind of paean to the Creator , a magnificent tribute to the glory of His works , a ...
... evolution had won the day among the intellectual class in the latter half of the nineteenth century . Owen's vision of a natural history museum was as a kind of paean to the Creator , a magnificent tribute to the glory of His works , a ...
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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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