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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.