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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 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.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Mathematics & science Science: general issues History of science

• Plný název: Dragon Seekers
• Podnázev: How an Extraordinary Cicle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin
• Autor: Christopher McGowan
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 272
• EAN: 9780738206738
• ISBN: 0738206733
• ID: 04668170
• Nakladatelství: Perseus Books
• Hmotnost: 357 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Datum vydání: 28. March 2002

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