Archives Of Natural History

Author : Nicholas P. Money
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781780237916

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Mushrooms by Nicholas P. Money Pdf

Mushrooms hold a peculiar place in our culture: we love them and despise them, fear them and misunderstand them. They can be downright delicious or deadly poisonous, cute as buttons or utterly grotesque. These strange organisms hold great symbolism in our myths and legends. In this book, Nicholas P. Money tells the utterly fascinating story of mushrooms and the ways we have interacted with these fungi throughout history. Whether they have populated the landscapes of fairytales, lent splendid umami to our dishes, or steered us into deep hallucinations, mushrooms have affected humanity from the earliest beginnings of our species. As Money explains, mushrooms are not self-contained organisms like animals and plants. Rather, they are the fruiting bodies of large—sometimes extremely large—colonies of mycelial threads that spread underground and permeate rotting vegetation. Because these colonies decompose organic matter, they are of extraordinary ecological value and have a huge effect on the health of the environment. From sustaining plant growth and spinning the carbon cycle to causing hay fever and affecting the weather, mushrooms affect just about everything we do. Money tells the stories of the eccentric pioneers of mycology, delights in culinary powerhouses like porcini and morels, and considers the value of medicinal mushrooms. This book takes us on a tour of the cultural and scientific importance of mushrooms, from the enchanted forests of folklore to the role of these fungi in sustaining life on earth.

Author : E. Charles Nelson,Duncan M. Porter,Society for the History of Natural History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 0748638881

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Darwin in the Archives by E. Charles Nelson,Duncan M. Porter,Society for the History of Natural History Pdf

A Special Publication of the journal Archives of Natural History to coincide with the bicentenary of Darwin's birth.

Author : Per Hetland,Palmyre Pierroux,Line Esborg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429588846

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A History of Participation in Museums and Archives by Per Hetland,Palmyre Pierroux,Line Esborg Pdf

Traversing disciplines, A History of Participation in Museums and Archives provides a framework for understanding how participatory modes in natural, cultural, and scientific heritage institutions intersect with practices in citizen science and citizen humanities. Drawing on perspectives in cultural history, science and technology studies, and media and communication theory, the book explores how museums and archives make science and cultural heritage relevant to people’s everyday lives, while soliciting their assistance and participation in research and citizen projects. More specifically, the book critically examines how different forms of engagement are constructed, how concepts of democratization are framed and enacted, and how epistemic practices in science and the humanities are transformed through socio-technological infrastructures. Tracking these central themes across disciplines and research from Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States, the book simultaneously considers their relevance for museum and heritage studies. A History of Participation in Museums and Archives should be essential reading for a broad academic audience, including scholars and students in museum and heritage studies, digital humanities, and the public communication of science and technology. It should also be of great interest to museum professionals working to foster public engagement through collaboration with networks and local community groups.

Author : Derek S. Davis,Nova Scotia Museum
Publisher : [Halifax, N.S.] : Nova Scotia Museum
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : CORNELL:31924084733215

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Natural History of Nova Scotia: Topics and habitats by Derek S. Davis,Nova Scotia Museum Pdf

Produced in joint with the Dapartmant of lands and Forests. The history of Nova Scotia.

Author : Kathryn Hennessy
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 0756667526

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Natural History by Kathryn Hennessy Pdf

A landmark in reference publishing and overseen and authenticated by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Natural History presents an unrivaled visual survey of Earth's natural history. Giving a clear overview of the classification of our natural world-over 6,000 species-Natural History looks at every kingdom of life, from bacteria, minerals, and rocks to fossils to plants and animals. Featuring a remarkable array of specially commissioned photographs, Natural History looks at thousands of specimens and species displayed in visual galleries that take the reader on an incredible journey from the most fundamental building blocks of the world's landscapes, through the simplest of life forms, to plants, fungi, and animals.

Author : Nicholas J. Wade
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0262731290

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A Natural History of Vision by Nicholas J. Wade Pdf

This illustrated survey covers what Nicholas Wade calls the "observational era of vision," beginning with the Greek philosophers and ending with Wheatstone's description of the stereoscope in the late 1830s.

Author : Lorraine Daston
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226432533

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Science in the Archives by Lorraine Daston Pdf

Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; weather diaries trawled by climate scientists; libraries visited by historians. These are the vital collections, assembled and maintained over decades, centuries, and even millennia, which define the sciences of the archives. With Science in the Archives, Lorraine Daston and her co-authors offer the first study of the important role that these archives play in the natural and human sciences. Reaching across disciplines and centuries, contributors cover episodes in the history of astronomy, geology, genetics, philology, climatology, medicine, and more—as well as fundamental practices such as collecting, retrieval, and data mining. Chapters cover topics ranging from doxology in Greco-Roman Antiquity to NSA surveillance techniques of the twenty-first century. Thoroughly exploring the practices, politics, economics, and potential of the sciences of the archives, this volume reveals the essential historical dimension of the sciences, while also adding a much-needed long-term perspective to contemporary debates over the uses of Big Data in science.

Author : Henry Baker Tristram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Nature in the Bible
ISBN : BL:A0017091522

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The Natural History of the Bible by Henry Baker Tristram Pdf

Author : Helen Anne Curry,Nicholas Jardine,James Andrew Secord,Emma C. Spary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781316510315

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Worlds of Natural History by Helen Anne Curry,Nicholas Jardine,James Andrew Secord,Emma C. Spary Pdf

Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.

Author : John Aubrey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Natural history
ISBN : UGA:32108020213982

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The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey Pdf

Author : Richard Conniff
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393345780

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The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide by Richard Conniff Pdf

A tantalizing, droll study of the idiosyncratic existence of the very rich, through the unexpected lens of the naturalist. Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question "Are the rich different from you and me?" and finds that they are indeed a completely different animal. He observes with great humor this socially unique species, revealing their strategies for ensuring dominance and submission, their flourishes of display behavior, the intricate dynamics of their pecking order, as well as their unorthodox mating practices. Through comparisons to other equally exotic animals, Conniff uncovers surprising commonalities.

Author : John C. Thackray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : London (England)
ISBN : UCSD:31822026372516

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A Guide to the Official Archives of the Natural History Museum, London by John C. Thackray Pdf

Author : Edward Flanders Ricketts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030012515104

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Between Pacific tides; an account of the habits and habitats of some five hundred of the common, conspicuous seashore invertebrates on the Pacific Coast Between Sitka, Alaska, and northern Mexico by Edward Flanders Ricketts Pdf

Author : Ray Desmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biologists
ISBN : 0712347747

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Great Natural History Books and Their Creators by Ray Desmond Pdf

"Among the most admired and rarest works ever created are the large-scale books of natural history. The detailed drawings and the remarkable color reproductions found in these magnificent editions truly astounded the art and book worlds. Great Natural History Books and their Creators reveals the incredible stories behind these exceptional collector's books. Ray Desmond engagingly shares with the reader the dramatic behind-the-scene story of how these rare volumes were created. He conveys the hardships and sacrifices by the early artists whose works are forever preserved in these beautiful volumes. This edition contains over 115 illustrations (69 in full color plates), which were carefully reproduced from the original plate pages at The British Library and other prominent arhives. This work is co-published with The British Library"--Publisher's description.

Author : Karolyn Shindler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 0565094610

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A Museum at War by Karolyn Shindler Pdf

For the Natural History Museum - as with so many other organisations - the Great War brought unimagined change. Sixty-one members of staff serve in the military. Thirteen of them die. Routine work is suspended as, over the fouryears of the war, 14 government departments - from the Admiralty and the War Office to the Home Office and the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries - turn to the Museum for its scientific expertise and innovation.Its scientists are consulted on a huge range of issues from airship construction, how protective coloration in nature can be applied to war - we know it now as camouflage - to the roles of whales and seagulls in anti-bmarine warfare, and how to protect soldiers from the potentially deadly dangers of mosquitoes, flies and lice. The scientists' work is recorded month by month in their reports to the Museum Trustees. Through this remarkable archive, a diary of extraordinary endeavour and perseverance, Karolyn Shindler reveals how, for four years, the Natural History Museum played an unexpected and significant role in Britain's war effort.