Far more than most museums, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History has remade the way we see the world, assays Richard Conniff. Surveying the institution's events, achievements, and scandals, he introduces us here to bold explorers, roughneck bone hunters, and visionary scientists. Some became famous for wresting Brontosaurus, Triceratops, and other dinosaur fossils from the earth; others pioneered the introduction of science education in America, while still others rediscovered Machu Picchu. Nearly 100 color images portray important figures in the Peabody's history and special objects from the museum's thirteen million collected items.