Louis Agassiz (1807-73)

Earth Explorer;      335 words ...Earth Explorer 02-01-1995 Louis Agassiz (1807-73): A Zeal for Discovery Naturalist...physician, geologist, and teacher, Louis Agassiz was a scientist's scientist. As a...interest, fossil fishes. Later he taught natural history--the study of natural processes...kind, it became the model ...

BBC Natural History Festival

Bristol Evening Post;  May 29, 2003 ;     494 words ...With the BBC's Bristol-based Natural History Unit now in its 47th year, the city...a unique position as a centre for natural history. Therefore, it's definitely not too...BBC are holding their first Bristol Natural History Festival at various venues on the...

Natural History Education for Students Heading into the Century of Biology

The American Biology Teacher;  February 1, 2008 ;   McGlynn, Terrence P;   787 words ...Natural History & Evolution as Common Themes...experimental ecology, at the cost of natural history education, has robbed young biologists...argued that the unpopularity of natural history is leading to an educational and...

Louis Agassiz. (Great Geographers).(Biography)

Focus;  December 22, 2002 ;   Lee, Jeffrey A.;   787 words ...Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) was a leading...excuse to learn more natural history. He attended the University...in medicine, but in natural history. To please his parents...Louis, marveling at the natural history of the eastern United...

The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe.(Book...

Renaissance Quarterly;  December 22, 2006 ;   Waddell, Mark A.;   754 words ......Ogilvie. The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe. Chicago: The...Touted as a discipline of description, natural history, Brian Ogilvie tells us, was invented...seventeenth century, when he discussed natural history as a discipline in its own right...

"Peter Pindar," Joseph Banks, and the case against natural history.

Wordsworth Circle;  January 1, 2004 ;   Heringman, Noah;   787 words ......by the Royal Society included much natural history--that is, empirical studies in the...in a letter of congratulations that natural history, as he defined it, had not been a...add my wishes that something like Natural History may appear under your auspices in...

Canada's Natural History Museums Meet in the Nation's Capital.

Canadian Corporate News;  October 25, 2005 ;     445 words ......via COMTEX) -- Leaders of Canada's natural history and natural science museums from coast...public education. The Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada (ANHMC) was created...country's remarkable natural heritage. Natural history museums are repositories and guardians...

Canada's Natural History Museums Meet in the Nation's Capital

CCNMatthews Newswire;  October 25, 2005 ;     415 words ......Oct. 25, 2005) - Leaders of Canada's natural history and natural science museums from coast...public education. The Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada (ANHMC) was created...country's remarkable natural heritage. Natural history museums are repositories and guardians...

Alan Titchmarsh has worked in television for 25 years. He's the author of...

Geographical;  December 1, 2004 ;   Sargent, Jo;   787 words ......interested in working with the BBC Natural History Unit and, of course, I said, Not half...always been interested in British natural history, so we thought, Let's do a big sort...Which came first for you, gardening or natural history? The gardening I think came out of...

ART INSPIRED BY NATURAL HISTORY

United Press International;  April 1, 2003 ;     787 words ...00-00-0000 Art inspired by natural history NEW YORK, Apr 01, 2003 (United Press...A thousand years of art devoted to natural history is on display at the Morgan Library...inspired an 18th-century passion for natural history art that lasted until the invention...

Revamped Natural History Rockets Ahead in Visitors

The Washington Post;  May 25, 2000 ;   Jacqueline Trescott;   787 words ......colleagues at the National Museum of Natural History have been packing in the visitors...and Space colossus opened in 1976, Natural History has attracted more traffic. In the...span, 2.8 million have gone through Natural History. Last month 1 million visitors walked...

A Natural History of the Chicago Region

Environmental History;  April 1, 2003 ;   Bogue, Margaret Beattie;   601 words ...A Natural History of the Chicago Region. By Joel...the Chicago region depicts its natural history in the context of "The Great Forces...to promote appreciation for the natural history of a nineteen-county area spanning...

Interim Chief Named At Natural History

The Washington Post;  June 6, 2002 ;     417 words ......the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, has been appointed interim director...also served as acting director of the Natural History Museum since last October. O'Connor...Fri, the last full-time director at Natural History, left last year out of frustration...

Smithsonian Museum Head Resigns Over Science Plans; Natural History's...

The Washington Post;  May 30, 2001 ;   Jacqueline Trescott;   787 words ......director of the National Museum of Natural History, announced yesterday that he would...substantially affect the National Museum of Natural History," Fri said in a statement released...enthusiastically." Fri has run the Natural History Museum for five years, overseeing...

Netting Information About Fish Faster and Easier: Natural History Museum...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  August 17, 2001 ;     523 words ...Byline: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County LOS...In July, scientists at the Natural History Museum tied up a four-year project...Feeney, collections manager at the Natural History Museum. Eventually, we want to...