Colin Davey

The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way

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Produktbeschreibung

Colin Davey (Author) Colin Davey¿s life was shaped by frequent visits to the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium as a child. He is a scientist, software engineer, martial artist, and author of Learn Boogie Woogie Piano (Boogie Woogie Press, 1998). Thomas A. Lesser (With) Thomas A. Lesser was Scientific Assistant and Intern Astronomer (1974¿76) and Senior Lecturer (1975¿82) at the Hayden Planetarium. He has also held several positions at the American Museum of Natural History, including Manager of Development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9780823283484
• ISBN-10: 0823283488
• Artikelnr.: 53544343

Autorenporträt

Colin Davey, with Thomas A. Lesser

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword vii
Kermit Roosevelt III
How This Book Came to Be Written xi
Colin Davey
Preface xv
Thomas A. Lesser
Introduction 1
Part I: The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way
1 Manhattan Square 13
2 The Master Plan and the Bickmore Wing 35
3 The Jesup Years (1881-1908) and the Seventy-Seventh Street Façade 43
4 Robert Peary, the Journey to the North Pole, and the Cape York Meteorites
56
5 The Osborn Years (1908-1933) 77
6 The Akeley African Hall: From the Elephant in the Room to the
Seven-Hundred- Pound Gorilla 97
7 The Evolution of the Dinosaur Exhibits 110
8 The Years 1936 to 1999 125
Part II: The Heavens in the Attic
9 From the Beginning of Time to October 2, 1935 133
10 Robert Moses and the Norman Bel Geddes Report 152
11 The Golden Age of Spaceflight and the Hayden Planetarium 159
12 A Visit to the Original Hayden Planetarium 170
13 The Rose Center for Earth and Space 188
Epilogue: The Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation 197
Acknowledgments 203
Notes 207
Bibliography 245
Index 257