The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World - Hardcover

Cadbury, Deborah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857029593 ISBN 13: 9781857029598

Verlag: Fourth Estate, 2000

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Book by Cadbury Deborah

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‘No other narrative I know illustrates the human element in scientific discovery quite so dramatically.' Evening Standard

'This is a tale of intrigue and deception, of burning ambition and failed dreams. The bitter clashes between the men who dominated 19th- century geology are exquisitely portrayed by Deborah Cadbury in this scholarly yet exhilarating book.' Independent

'This is a story we should all know, a defining part of contemporary western culture. I can't think of a better introduction.'
Sunday Times

'This is a wonderful book, evoking a time when science required remarkable people to conduct it.' Observer

Reseña del editor:

The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs.

In ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two men: Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, became obsessed with the lost world of the reptiles and was driven to despair. Richard Owen, a brilliant anatomist, gave the extinct creatures their name and secured for himself unrivalled international acclaim.

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• Verlag: Fourth Estate
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1857029593
• ISBN 13: 9781857029598
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384