| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-318) and index. |
| Summary |
In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Fortey acquaints the reader with the extraordinary people, meticulous research and driving passions that helped to create the timeless experiences of wonder that fill London's Natural History Museum. And with the museum's hallways and collection rooms providing a dazzling framework, Fortey offers an often eye-opening social history of the scientific accomplishments of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. |
| Contents |
Behind the galleries -- The naming of names -- Old worlds -- Animalia -- Theatre of plants -- Multum in parvo -- Museum rocks -- Noah's Ark in Kensington -- House of the Muses. |
| Subject |
Natural History Museum (London, England) -- History.
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Natural history.
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Natural history museums.
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| Added Title |
Dry storeroom no. one |
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Dry storeroom number 1 |
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Dry storeroom number one |
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Secret life of the Natural History Museum |
| ISBN |
9780307263629: $27.50 |
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0307263622: $27.50 |
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