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Chargement... House of Lost Worlds: Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earthpar Richard Conniff
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Well illustrated natural history ( ) Like [b:The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History|25465895|The Rarest of the Rare Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History|Nancy Pick|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1431198557s/25465895.jpg|1295084] and [b:Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums|1096222|Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums|Stephen T. Asma|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347967023s/1096222.jpg|1083060], this examines the natural history of a natural history museum. Unlike RotR, House goes beyond collections and recalls the history of the Peabody Museum itself, from how it initially began as collections in search of home, eventually given by George Peabody, uncle to O.C. Marsh of the Bone Wars. Marsh takes up over half the chapters of this book, as he should given his large personality. I enjoyed how Conniff takes the story of the museum all the way into modern day, with the age of DNA and discoveries still being made from collection store rooms (deciphering fossilized ink, for example, came from one of Marsh's long forgotten invertebrate fossils). There are plenty of sidebars throughout chapters of other interesting stories of Peabody Museum curators and researchers who could easily have had their own chapters. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
This fascinating book tells the story of how one museum changed ideas about dinosaurs, dynasties, and even the story of life on earth. The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, has remade the way we see the world. Delving into the museum's storied and colorful past, award-winning author Richard Conniff introduces a cast of bold explorers, roughneck bone hunters, and visionary scientists. Some became famous for wresting Brontosaurus, Triceratops, and other dinosaurs from the earth, others pioneered the introduction of science education in North America, and still others rediscovered the long-buried glory of Machu Picchu. In this lively tale of events, achievements, and scandals from throughout the museum's history, readers will encounter renowned paleontologist O.C. Marsh who engaged in ferocious combat with his "Bone Wars" rival Edward Drinker Cope, as well as dozens of other intriguing characters. Nearly 100 color images portray important figures in the Peabody's history and special objects from the museum's 13-million-item collections. For anyone with an interest in exploring, understanding, and protecting the natural world, this book will deliver abundant delights. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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