THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World

Deborah Cadbury

ISBN 10: 1857029631 / ISBN 13: 9781857029635

Editore: Fourth Estate, 2001

Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. Codice articolo M01857029631-V

Riassunto:

The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting 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.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Deborah Cadbury is the award-winning TV science producer for the BBC, including Horizon for which she won an Emmy . She is also the highly-acclaimed author of ‘The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World’, ‘The Feminisation of Nature’, ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’, ‘The Lost King of France’ and ‘Space Race’.

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Titolo: THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS: A True Story of ...
Casa editrice: Fourth Estate
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very good