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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... human fauna and explain its ethology . There are histories that deal with the decisions of the mighty , and there are histories that are concerned with the ways of ordinary people . An admirable history of the Natural His- tory Museum ...
... human fauna and explain its ethology . There are histories that deal with the decisions of the mighty , and there are histories that are concerned with the ways of ordinary people . An admirable history of the Natural His- tory Museum ...
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... human being , as so often , so that neat little labels can be spewed out of a laser printer at the touch of a button . In future , labels will always be impersonal ( and if there is a mistake , probably nobody will know who made it ) ...
... human being , as so often , so that neat little labels can be spewed out of a laser printer at the touch of a button . In future , labels will always be impersonal ( and if there is a mistake , probably nobody will know who made it ) ...
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... human events were ticked off along one of its diameters at the appropriate number of annual tree rings . The tree was so big when America was " discovered " ; it was of such and such a size when the Black Death stalked through Europe ...
... human events were ticked off along one of its diameters at the appropriate number of annual tree rings . The tree was so big when America was " discovered " ; it was of such and such a size when the Black Death stalked through Europe ...
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... human remains , laid out in a kind of slatted coffin . The shells of a few giant tor- toises hunkered down like geological features on the floor . There were sea urchin shells , and some skins or pelts of things I couldn't identify ...
... human remains , laid out in a kind of slatted coffin . The shells of a few giant tor- toises hunkered down like geological features on the floor . There were sea urchin shells , and some skins or pelts of things I couldn't identify ...
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Contents
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31 | |
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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