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ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 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. This book is a kind of museum of the mind. It is my own collection, a personal archive, designed to explain what goes on behind the polished doors in the Natural History Museum. The lustre of a museum does not depend only on the artefacts or objects it contains the people who work out of sight are what keeps a museum aliveI want to bring those invisible people into the sunlight. Behind the public facade 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 work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. He delves into the feuds, affairs, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated its long history, and formed a backdrop to extraordinary scientific endeavour. He explores the staying power and adaptability of the Museum as it responds to changes wrought by advances in technology and molecular biology spare bones from an extinct giant bird suddenly become cutting-edge science with the new knowledge that DNA can be extracted from them, and ancient fish are tested with the latest equipment that is able to measure rises in pollution. '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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Verlag: HarperPress 07/01/2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Verlag: Harper Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Verlag: HarperPress, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrates colour end papers. Illustrations. Colour and b/w plates. 338 pages clean and tight. '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. 'This book is a kind of museum of the mind. It is my own collection, a personal archive, designed to explain what goes on behind the polished doors in the Natural History Museum. The lustre of a museum does not depend only on the artefacts or objects it contains the people who work out of sight are what keeps a museum aliveI want to bring those invisible people into the sunlight.' 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 work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. He delves into the feuds, affairs, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated its long history, and formed a backdrop to extraordinary scientific endeavour. He explores the staying power and adaptability of the Museum as it responds to changes wrought by advances in technology and molecular biology 'spare' bones from an extinct giant bird suddenly become cutting-edge science with the new knowledge that DNA can be extracted from them, and ancient fish are tested with the latest equipment that is able to measure rises in pollution. '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. Size: 8vo.
Verlag: HarperPress, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Verlag: Harper Collins, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1 Language: English.
Verlag: Harper Press, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Many plates , many in colour , some full page (illustrator). 1st Edition. New.
Verlag: Harper Press, 2008, second impression,, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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hardback, large 8vo, x,338pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper (price-clipped). ISBN: 0007209886.
Verlag: HarperPress, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Hardback. Zustand: Mint. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Mint. Second Impression. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. '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. 'This book is a kind of museum of the mind. It is my own collection, a personal archive, designed to explain what goes on behind the polished doors in the Natural History Museum. The lustre of a museum does not depend only on the artefacts or objects it contains -- the people who work out of sight are what keeps a museum alive!I want to bring those invisible people into the sunlight.' Behind the public facade 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 work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. He delves into the feuds, affairs, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated its long history, and formed a backdrop to extraordinary scientific endeavour. He explores the staying power and adaptability of the Museum as it responds to changes wrought by advances in technology and molecular biology -- 'spare' bones from an extinct giant bird suddenly become cutting-edge science with the new knowledge that DNA can be extracted from them, and ancient fish are tested with the latest equipment that is able to measure rises in pollution. '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. Ref V4.
Verlag: Harper Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
Anbieter: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, FLINT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.
Verlag: HarperPress, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
Anbieter: Cambridge Recycled Books, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Appears to have hardly been read. Very small nick to rear flap hinge. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.
Verlag: HarperPress, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007209886 ISBN 13: 9780007209880
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Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket, pictorial end-papers. 338 pages. 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. Ownership decorative initial "P" stamped on half-title page.