The unburnt egg : more stories of a museum curator /

Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell an often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gill, Brian (Brian James) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wellington, New Zealand : Awa Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Gill, Brian > (Brian James)
Auckland War Memorial Museum > Anecdotes.
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Museums > Curatorship > New Zealand > Auckland > Anecdotes.
Natural history museum curators > New Zealand > Auckland > Anecdotes.
Natural history museums > Collection management > New Zealand > Auckland > Anecdotes.
Zoological specimens > New Zealand > Auckland > Anecdotes.
Natural history > New Zealand.
Zoologie > Spécimens > Nouvelle-Zélande > Auckland > Anecdotes.
Sciences naturelles > Nouvelle-Zélande.
Conservateurs de musée de sciences naturelles > Nouvelle-Zélande > Auckland > Anecdotes.
Museums > Curatorship
Natural history
Natural history museums > Collection management
Zoological specimens
New Zealand
New Zealand > Auckland
Anecdotes
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; A hapless king penguin; Secrets of the shining cuckoo; The unburnt egg; The man who imagined the moa; Flight of the long-tailed cuckoo; Booby eggs and a solar eclipse; Song of the huia; Seals in sand dunes; Ship rats of Big South Cape Island; Charles McCann's giant flying frogs; Seeking Pacific skinks; Rarotonga revisited; Baden Powell's sea-slug paintings; Fur, feathers and frogs' legs; Further reflections; Illustrations; Registration numbers; Further reading; Other sources; Acknowledgements; Index

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