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Dry store room no. 1 : the secret life of the Natural History Museum / Richard Fortey.

Fortey, Richard A. (Author).

Summary:

Reveals the hidden treasures of London's Natural History Museum and the people, research, and passions that created the museum, in a study of the social history of the scientific accomplishments of the past two centuries.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0307263622
  • ISBN: 9780307263629
  • Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Knopf, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Behind the Galleries 3 -- 2 Naming of Names 31 -- 3 Old Worlds 73 -- 4 Animalia 114 -- 5 Theatre of Plants 154 -- 6 Multum in parvo 185 -- 7 Museum Rocks 220 -- 8 Noah's Ark in Kensington 257 -- 9 House of the Muses 292.
Subject:
Natural History Museum (London, England) > Employees.
Natural History Museum (London, England) > History.
Natural history museums > England.

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Summary: Reveals the hidden treasures of London's Natural History Museum and the people, research, and passions that created the museum, in a study of the social history of the scientific accomplishments of the past two centuries.