Britton, Tamara L., 1963-
An introduction to the history and museums of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
2004
Format
Books
Excerpt:
The Smithsonian Institution / Britton, Tamara L., 1963-
Collins, Mary, 1961-
Describes the history of the Smithsonian Institution, its current collections and challenges.
1999
Format
Books
Excerpt:
Smithsonian Institution -- History -- Juvenile literature.
View Other Search Results
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
It's Good Friday 1939, and a teenage math prodigy from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., is mysteriously summoned to the Smithsonian Institution, where a crash program to develop the atomic bomb is being conducted in the basement. Someone is also fooling around with the space-time continuum, and the preternaturally gifted teenager turns out to hold the key to both the secrets of nuclear fission and breakthroughs in the fourth dimension. In the subterranean laboratory, he brainstorms with Robert Oppenheimer and other scientists who will soon be at Los Alamos. Meanwhile, upstairs, the displays in the museum come to life after hours, and an adventurous First Lady from the inaugural-gowns exhibit takes it upon herself to show him the sexual ropes. Abraham Lincoln - along with Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Grover Cleveland, and Adolf Hitler - turns up here as the teenage narrator tries not only to make sense of history but to intervene in key events that shaped the twentieth century. Questions about political responsibility and personal sacrifice are deftly woven into a surreal narrative of quantum physics, string theory, clones, the sexual habits of Eskimos, and the domestic arrangements of various U.S. presidents.
1999 1998
Format
Books
Excerpt:
The Smithsonian Institution / Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
Edition
1st ed.
1998
Format
Books
Excerpt:
The Smithsonian Institution / Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - RAN [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - ALB [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - BTV [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - LOC [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - LRY [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - MED [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - NEW [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
2024 2023
Format
Continuing Resources
Excerpt:
Smithsonian magazine - NTW [periodical] Smithsonian Associates, issuing body.
Limit Search Results