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Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

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Description for Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum Paperback. 'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GM; PDX; WN; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.

‘Dry Store Room No. 1’ is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination.

Behind the public façade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives.Through the stories of the numerous eccentric individuals whose long careers have left their mark on the study of evolutionary science, Richard Fortey, former senior paleaontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering ... Read more

'Dry Store Room No.1’ is a fascinating and affectionate account of a hidden world of untold treasures, where every fragment tells a story about time past, by a scientist who combines rigorous professional learning with a gift for prose that sparkles with wit and literary sensibility.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007209897
SKU
V9780007209897
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Richard Fortey
Richard Fortey spent his working life in palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, specialising in trilobites and becoming a world expert. He was elected President of the Geological Society of London for its bicentennial year of 2007 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. He has received the Frink Medal, the Michael ... Read more

Reviews for Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
‘This book is worthy of the place it tells us about, and that is a pretty lofty chunk of praise.’ The Times ‘In this loving survey of his life at the museum, Fortey…is never less than enthused by all the museum's collections.’ Financial Times ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum


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