A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science by Patricia Tyson Stroud, Robert McCracken Peck

A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science

Patricia Tyson Stroud, Robert McCracken Peck

437 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia stands today as the oldest natural history museum in the Western hemisphere. Early expeditions organized at the Academy were of central importance to the exploration of America's wes...

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