Bibliograph

Dry storeroom no. 1, the secret life of the Natural History Museum, Richard Fortey

Type

Label

Dry storeroom no. 1, the secret life of the Natural History Museum, Richard Fortey

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dry storeroom no. 1

Oclc number

232119803

Responsibility statement

Richard Fortey

Sub title

the secret life of the Natural History Museum

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.--From publisher description

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