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The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way /
Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and exploration, including the roles of American presidents, New York power brokers, museum presidents, planetarium directors, polar and African explorers, and Ger...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Part I: The American Museum of Natural History and how it got that way: Manhattan Square -- The master plan and the Bickmore Wing -- The Jesup years (1881-1908) and the seventy-seventh street facade -- Robert Peary, the journey to the North Pole, and the Cape York meteorites -- The Osborn years (1908-1933) -- The Akeley African Hall: from the elephant in the room to the seven-hundred-pound gorilla -- The evolution of the dinosaur exhibits -- The years 1936 to 1999 -- Part II: The heavens in the attic: From the beginning of time to October 2, 1935 -- Robert Moses and the Norman Bel Geddes report -- The golden age of spaceflight and the Hayden Planetarium -- A visit to the original Hayden Planetarium -- The Rose Center for earth and space -- Epilogue: the Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
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