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The amazing world of James Hector / edited by Simon Nathan and Mary Varnham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Science, 2008Description: 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0958275076
  • 9780958275071
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993.02092 22
Contents:
Introduction / Hamish Campbell -- Surveying Canda : The Palliser expedition / Peter Hector -- Exploring the South : Otago Provincial Government / Tony Hocken -- Mapping the country : New Zealand geological survey / Ian Speden -- Displaying natural history : Colonial museum / Conal McCarthy -- Promoting science : New Zealand institute / Francis Lucian Reid -- Planting for prosperity : Colonial botanic garden / Winsome Shepherd and Walter Cook -- Forecasting the weather and telling the time : Meteorological Department and colonial observatory / Jock Phillips -- Educating - or examining? : University of New Zealand / Tim Beaglehole -- Running the show : Scientific empire / Simon Nathan -- Studying plants and animals : New Zealand biology / George Gibbs -- Unveiling the past : Vertebrate fossils / Ewan Fordyce -- Settling down : Husband and father / Chris Hector -- Living at Ratanui : Man of property / John Adam and Louise Beaumont -- Being honoured : Pioneer man of science / Simon Nathan.
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Cover subtitle: Explorer, geologist, botanist, natural historian, surgeon and one of New Zealand's most remarkable figures.

Contributors: John Adam, Tim Beaglehole, Louise Beaumont, Walter Cook, Ewan Fordyce, George Gibbs, Chris Hector, Peter Hector, Tony Hocken, Conal McCarthy, Jock Phillips, Francis Reid, Winsome Shepherd, Ian Speden, Simon Nathan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-167) and index.

Introduction / Hamish Campbell -- Surveying Canda : The Palliser expedition / Peter Hector -- Exploring the South : Otago Provincial Government / Tony Hocken -- Mapping the country : New Zealand geological survey / Ian Speden -- Displaying natural history : Colonial museum / Conal McCarthy -- Promoting science : New Zealand institute / Francis Lucian Reid -- Planting for prosperity : Colonial botanic garden / Winsome Shepherd and Walter Cook -- Forecasting the weather and telling the time : Meteorological Department and colonial observatory / Jock Phillips -- Educating - or examining? : University of New Zealand / Tim Beaglehole -- Running the show : Scientific empire / Simon Nathan -- Studying plants and animals : New Zealand biology / George Gibbs -- Unveiling the past : Vertebrate fossils / Ewan Fordyce -- Settling down : Husband and father / Chris Hector -- Living at Ratanui : Man of property / John Adam and Louise Beaumont -- Being honoured : Pioneer man of science / Simon Nathan.

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