The Dragon Seekers: How an Extraordinary Circle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin
by Christopher McGowan
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Did you know that a woman discovered dinosaurs? An amazing book detailing the discover of dinosaur remains and the science and fever that went into uncovering more and more bones.
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Christopher McGowan is a full professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Toronto and Senior Curator of Paleobiology at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Mary Anning; William Buckland; William Conybeare; Charles Darwin; Thomas Hawkins; Charles Lyell (show all 8); Gideon Mantell; Richard Owen
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- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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