On the Extent and Aims of a National Museum of Natural History - Including Substance of a Discourse on That Subject, Delivered At

Klappentext Originally published in 1862, this is a landmark speech promoting the building of the Natural History Museum. Zusammenfassung The establishment of a national Natural History Museum was an idea opposed almost unanimously by the scientific community when it was proposed by Richard Owen (1804–92) in 1859. This is the text of one of Professor Owen's many speeches, first published in 1862, advocating its cause. Inhaltsverzeichnis On a National Museum of Natural History.

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• Authors: Richard Owen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108038294
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03829-4
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Life sciences: general issues, Palaeontology