The dragon seekers
how an extraordinary circle of fossilists discovered the dinosaurs and paved the way for Darwin
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Author
Publication
2001 - Perseus Pub., Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
63,500 words, Guess
Page Count
254 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22427266M
- Internet Archivedragonseekershow00mcgo_0
- ISBN-100738202827
- ISBN-139780738202822
- Goodreads1673563
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- LibraryThing192049
- Library of Congress Control Number2001092011
- OCLC Control Number46885812
Classifications
- DDC560.92242
- LCCQE707.A2 M24 2001
- LCCQE705.G7 M3 2001
and 1 more
- LCCQE714.3 .M394 2001
Description
Against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary circle of fossilists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world - a world they had to piece together from the fossilized and often fragmentary remains of animals never before seen. In this transporting, seamlessly written book, Christopher McGowan takes us back to a time when geology and paleontology were as young and vibrant as genetic engineering is today. The nineteenth-century pioneers of these new disciplines were an eccentric lot, from different social classes and sexes, with a range of motivations in fossil hunting. These "Dragon Seekers" sought to persuade a populace raised on a literal interpretation of Genesis that the ground they walked was once a very frightening and unfamiliar place. A sweeping narrative history, The Dragon Seekers shows how these remarkable characters forever changed our interpretation of the world and its inhabitants. -- from back cover.
First Sentence
It is remarkable fact that the human mind, which has had a presence on Earth for over 2 million years, only began rational thought on how species came into existence during the last three centuries.
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