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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.--From publisher description.
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Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
2008, Alfred A. Knopf
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Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Sep 01, 2008, HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Collins Paperbacks
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Dry Storeroom No. 1
2008, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Dry store room no. 1: the secret life of the Natural History Museum
2008, Harper Press
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Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-318) and index.
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A 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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