A Short History of Biology. Isaac Asimov. Published for the American Museum of Natural History by Natural History Press (Doubleday), Garden City, N. Y., 1964. x + 182 pp. Illus. Paper, $1.25

Science ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 144 (3619) ◽  
pp. 670-670
Author(s):  
M. Graubard
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Garden City ◽  
History Of Biology ◽  
Short History ◽  
American Museum ◽  
History Of

Ceratopsia increase: history and trends

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dodson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Peking University ◽  
History Of

The taxonomic history of the Ceratopsia began in 1876 with the description of Monoclonius crassus Cope followed in 1889 by Triceratops horridus Marsh. After a peak of discovery and description in the 1910s and 1920s resulting from the Canadian dinosaur rush in the province of Alberta and the Central Asiatic Expeditions to Mongolia of the American Museum of Natural History, the study of ceratopsians declined to a low level until the 1990s, when discoveries in China, Montana, Utah, Alberta, and elsewhere, abetted by increased biostratigraphic and phylogenetic precision, led to an unprecedented resurgence of activity. Even Richard C. Fox, along with colleagues from Peking University, joined in the activity, by naming Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis. To place the activity in historical perspective, half of all known ceratopsians have been described since 2003. Despite important finds of basal ceratopsians in China, Mongolia, and Korea, North America continues to dominate ceratopsian, especially ceratopsid, diversity.

scholarly journals Mancala in Surinamese Maroon Communities: The Expedition of Melville J. Herskovits

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Akane Okoshi ◽  
Alex de Voogt
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
American Museum ◽  
History Of

Abstract The American Museum of Natural History (amnh) has three mancala game boards in their collection that are connected with Suriname, formerly Dutch Guyana. One of these samples is exhibited in the amnh African Peoples Hall as part of a section on African Slavery and Diaspora. The games of Suriname were described by Melville J. Herskovits in an article dating to 1929, but the relation of these three boards with Herskovits has remained unclear. With the help of the Herskovits archives, the archival records of amnh and recent research on Surinamese Maroon communities, the history of these three boards is shown to be intimately linked with Herskovits’ broader intellectual project.

scholarly journals Storia dei musei naturalistici fiorentini

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brunetto Chiarelli ◽  
Alberto Mario Simonetta
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Short History ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up

A short history of the Museum of Natural History, set up by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Peter Leopold in 1775, the book embraces the broader dimension of naturalistic interests in Florence. The first part traces the evolution and changes in the organisation of the Museum over two centuries of existence. The final chapters illustrate the importance of the collections and possible future developments.

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