House of lost worlds : dinosaurs, dynasties, & the story of life on earth / Richard Conniff.
House of lost worlds : dinosaurs, dynasties, & the story of life on earth / Richard Conniff.
House of lost worlds : dinosaurs, dynasties, & the story of life on earth / Richard Conniff.
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Publisher
New Haven, [Conn.] Yale University Press, [2016].
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G 2016/1639
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 331 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 27 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : hunting for truffles -- A West that was actually wild -- The patriarch -- The education of O.C. Marsh -- The wooing of George Peabody -- Rock render -- A rumor of war -- The Marsh expeditions -- Professor M on the warpath -- The year of enormous dinosaurs -- Fossils, buffalo, and the...
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Publisher
New Haven, [Conn.] Yale University Press, [2016].
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2016].
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Summary
This fascinating book tells the story of how one museum changed ideas about dinosaurs, dynasties, and even the story of life on earth. The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, has remade the way we see the world. Delving into the museum's storied and colorful past, award-winning author Richard Conniff intro...
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House of lost worlds : dinosaurs, dynasties, & the story of life on earth / Richard Conniff.
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Illustrations on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016.
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G 2016/1639
Record Identifier
74VKVpQemVvO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpQemVvO
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ISBN
9780300211634
DDC
508.074
MMS ID
991023988317502626
