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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... Plants Multum in parvo Museum Rocks Noah's Ark in Kcnsington House of the Muses Acknowledgements Further Reading Illustration Credits Index Behind the Galleries This book is my own storeroom, a. 315 317 319 325 *475 million years ago.
... Plants Multum in parvo Museum Rocks Noah's Ark in Kcnsington House of the Muses Acknowledgements Further Reading Illustration Credits Index Behind the Galleries This book is my own storeroom, a. 315 317 319 325 *475 million years ago.
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... 154 6. Multum in parvo 185 7. Museum Rocks 220 8. Noah's Ark in Kensington 257 9. House of the Muses 292 Acknowledgements 315 Further Reading Illustration Credits 317 319 Index 325 Dry Storeroom No. 1 1 Behind the Galleries This book.
... 154 6. Multum in parvo 185 7. Museum Rocks 220 8. Noah's Ark in Kensington 257 9. House of the Muses 292 Acknowledgements 315 Further Reading Illustration Credits 317 319 Index 325 Dry Storeroom No. 1 1 Behind the Galleries This book.
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... rocks there , and studying these animals seemed a matter of pressing excitement . Youthful enthusiasm can occasionally count for more than mature wis- dom . The man from the Civil Service Commission stirred himself once and asked if I ...
... rocks there , and studying these animals seemed a matter of pressing excitement . Youthful enthusiasm can occasionally count for more than mature wis- dom . The man from the Civil Service Commission stirred himself once and asked if I ...
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... rocks in Britain , though they are still over a million years old . Sharp - eyed local collectors had spotted these organic remains as winter storms excavated them from the soft sandy cliffs . Had they not been collected and housed in a ...
... rocks in Britain , though they are still over a million years old . Sharp - eyed local collectors had spotted these organic remains as winter storms excavated them from the soft sandy cliffs . Had they not been collected and housed in a ...
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... rock formation from which it was recov- ered ( Easton Bavents Formation ) is given next . The age of the specimen within the Pleistocene period follows . Beneath this again is the locality , specified quite precisely . Nowadays a ...
... rock formation from which it was recov- ered ( Easton Bavents Formation ) is given next . The age of the specimen within the Pleistocene period follows . Beneath this again is the locality , specified quite precisely . Nowadays a ...
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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Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum Richard Fortey Limited preview - 2009 |
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