Nature&Apos S Memory: Behind The Scenes At World’s Natural History Museums Jack Ashby Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

A Behind-The-Scenes Tour Through The World\ S Greatest Natural History Museums Revealing How Their Hidden Secrets Can Help Us In Fight Against Climate Changezoologist Jack Ashby Spends His Life Working Britain\ And Nature\ Memory He Guides Series Of Extraordinary Collections From Marvellous Mounted Whale Skeletons Impossibly Tiny Insect Cabinets To Buried Treasures Vast Museum Storehouses But Look More Closely At These Displays: All Is Not As It Seems While Most Exhibits Succeed Communicating Feelings Wonder Awe - Vital Function When Less People Than Ever Before Have Access Outdoors Argues That Version Nature Present Does Always Reflect Reality With Specimens About Biases Curators They Do Species Represent Likewise Ways Which Traditionally Told Story Own Histories Has Disproportionately Elevated Contributions Certain Kinds Whilst Diminishing Work Others Often Ignoring Complex Colonial Heritage Altogether Contends Issues Are Precisely Why It\ Such An Exciting Time Be Historian For Society Shapes So Too Shape Good We Face Existential Threat Cataclysmic Biodiversity Loss Will Emerge Indispensable Resources Catastrophe Weaving Together Fresh Historical Research Entertaining Zoological Trivia Insider Stories Ashby\ Distinguished Career Charming Ode Joys Eccentricities Planet-Saving Potential Best-Loved Σελίδες: 336 Διαστάσεις: 16 3X16 3Cm