The American Museum Of Natural History And How It Got That Way

Author : American Museum of Natural History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781454912149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Histories written by American Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights 40 masterworks of illustrated scientific art from the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.

Author : Aileen Weintraub
Publisher : Union Square Kids
ISBN 13 : 9781454921998
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of American Museum of Natural History O/P written by Aileen Weintraub and published by Union Square Kids. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has millions of visitors, renowned exhibits, and one of the largest collection of dinosaur fossils anywhere--and now kids can enjoy a special behind-the-scenes look at the amazing American Museum of Natural History. This stunning book showcases fascinating, little-known details and secrets known only to insiders! With incredible information and photos, it truly brings the Museum to life.

Author : Colin Davey
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 082328705X
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way written by Colin Davey and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive history of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, featuring a cast of colorful characters. The American Museum of Natural History is one of New York City’s most beloved institutions, and one of the largest, most celebrated museums in the world. Since 1869, generations of New Yorkers and tourists of all ages have been educated and entertained here. Located across from Central Park, the sprawling structure, spanning four city blocks, is a fascinating conglomeration of many buildings of diverse architectural styles built over a period of 150 years. The first book to tell the history of the museum from the point of view of these buildings, including the planned Gilder Center, The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way contextualizes them within New York and American history and the history of science. Part II, “The Heavens in the Attic,” is the first detailed history of the Hayden Planetarium, from the museum’s earliest astronomy exhibits, to Clyde Fisher and the original planetarium, to Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and it features a photographic tour through the original Hayden Planetarium. Author Colin Davey spent much of his childhood literally and figuratively lost in the museum’s labyrinthine hallways. The museum grew in fits and starts according to the vicissitudes of backroom deals, personal agendas, two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. Chronicling its evolution?from the selection of a desolate, rocky, hilly, swampy site, known as Manhattan Square to the present day?the book includes some of the most important and colorful characters in the city’s history, including the notoriously corrupt and powerful “Boss” Tweed, “Father of New York City” Andrew Haswell Green, and twentieth-century powerbroker and master builder Robert Moses; museum presidents Morris K. Jesup, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Ellen Futter; and American presidents, polar and African explorers, dinosaur hunters, and German rocket scientists. Features a new preface by the author and a new foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson. “This is, in many ways, a particularly American story, and anyone interested in history or museums will find this a very satisfying read. Author Colin Davey had a life-long love affair with the museum, growing up in New York and spending many, many hours happily lost in the museum collections, and that shines through in his writing as does his fine, in-depth research. Plenty of excellent graphics and photographs support this fascinating history.” —Seattle Book Review

Author : Stephen Christopher Quinn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Windows on Nature written by Stephen Christopher Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles more than forty habitat dioramas from the American Museum of Natural History, describing each one's contents and creation and presenting full-color photos and archival images.

Author : William Lindsay
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789436283
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Trail of Incredible Dinosaurs written by William Lindsay and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the secret lives of four spectacular dinosaurs. Specially created, incredibly realistic scale models are photographed in detailed action sequences that bring these awesome creatures to life. Full color.

Author : Mark Norell
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering Dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History written by Mark Norell and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1995 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curators of the re-installation of the Hall of Dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History, the authors document the collection of dinosaur skeletons and recount the experiences of the paleontologists who have scoured remote lands in search of evidence of these animals. Contains 167 illustrations, charts and maps in color and b&w. National author media.

Author : Connie Roop
Publisher : Science for Toddlers
ISBN 13 : 9781454914181
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Solar System written by Connie Roop and published by Science for Toddlers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What are the planets that orbit our Sun? Flip the tabs and find out!"--

Author : Steven Soter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565846029
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosmic Horizons written by Steven Soter and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scientists offer a collection of essays that furnish illuminating explanations of recent discoveries in modern astrophysics--from the Big Bang to black holes--the possibility of life on other worlds, and the emerging technologies that make such research possible, accompanied by incisive profiles of such key figures as Carl Sagan and Georges Lemaetre. Original.

Author : Edmond A. Mathez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565845954
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth written by Edmond A. Mathez and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and articles provides a study of how the planet works, discussing Earth's structure, geographical features, geologic history, and evolution.

Author : Enid Schildkrout
Publisher : Amer Museum of Natural History
ISBN 13 : 9780295969619
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Reflections written by Enid Schildkrout and published by Amer Museum of Natural History. This book was released on 1990 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises studies on the bibliographic control of various collections (e.g., films, museum materials, publications in African languages), background information on interlibrary cooperation, and an essay on improved online access to Africa-related materials in undergraduate collection. A companion to an exhibition developed by the American Museum of Natural History, the sophisticated text and stunning illustrations (249 in all, 128 in glorious color) trace the art history of northeastern Zaire from before the first encounters with Europeans in the 1870s to the present. The authors contrast the traditional design aesthetic with the naturalistic and representational style of art that flourished after 1900. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR