Dinosaurs in the attic :an excursion into the American Museum of Natural History
- 作者: Preston, Douglas J.
- 出版: New York : St. Martin's Press 1994.
- 版本: 1st pbk. ed.
- 稽核項: xii, 244 pages, [16] pages of plates :illustrations ;24 cm.
- 標題: American Museum of Natural History.
- ISBN: 0312104561 , 9780312104566
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-235) and index. The history. The museums that almost were ; Professor Bickmore's museum ; The first Grand Expedition ; Exploration at the top of the world ; The search for the Arctic Atlantis ; The great dinosaur "gold rush" ; In deepest Africa ; Fossils in Outer Mongolia ; The Thirties and beyond -- The grand tour. A library of bones ; Mammals ; Insects ; Amphibians and reptiles ; Birds ; Anthropology ; Harry Shapiro and Peking Man ; Meteorites ; Minerals and gems ; Conclusion.
- 系統號: 005269881
- 資料類型: 圖書
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Describes the history of the American Museum of Natural History--its founding, its special collections, and the scientists and curators who work there.
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