Dry Storeroom, 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. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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DRY STOREROOM NO. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
User Review - KirkusAn insider's tour of one of the world's great museums.Hired as the "trilobite man" at London's Natural History Museum in 1970, Fortey (Earth, 2004, etc.) intimately knows its collections and many of ... Read full review
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Contents
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The Naming of Names | 51 |
Old Worlds | 73 |
Animalia | 114 |
Theatre of Plants | 154 |
Multum in parvo | 185 |
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| Title | Dry Storeroom, Issue 1 |
| Author | Richard Fortey |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008 |
| ISBN | 030726940X, 9780307269409 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology History / World Science / Earth Sciences / Geology |
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