false 1992919 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World. Her hero is Gideon Mantell, a practising doctor, who found and first described many of the bones of the beasts that subsequently became known as dinosaurs. Full of quotes from contemporary sources, The Dinosaur Hunters brilliantly evokes the Dickensian world of early Victorian science and society. From Mary Anning, the self-taught fossil hunter of Lyme Regis to the academic and deeply eccentric Dean Buckland of Oxford University, the story tells of reputations made and lost as self-help, self-promotion, over-wheening pride, folly and social climbing all played their part in the emerging story of the geological past. The dinosaurs, although central to the story, are also a vehicle for the much larger, more interesting and important story about the struggle to understand the meaning of fossils and what they tell us about prehistory. Deborah Cadbury, an award-winning TV science producer and acclaimed author of The Feminisation of Nature has thoroughly researched her topic and steeped herself in the intricacies of the scientific debates of the time. With black and white illustrations, extensive notes, a bibliography and index, the result is one of the best popular science histories. --Douglas Palmer. ]]> 1992919 2 1996614 5 10 2000 The Dinosaur Hunters total:25|5:4|4:13|3:7|2:1|1:0| 25 95 40 3 126005 4.09 170 51 20564692 1048045 1992919 1857029593 9781857029598 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1992919.The_Dinosaur_Hunters 3.89 19 The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World. Her hero is Gideon Mantell, a practising doctor, who found and first described many of the bones of the beasts that subsequently became known as dinosaurs. Full of quotes from contemporary sources, The Dinosaur Hunters brilliantly evokes the Dickensian world of early Victorian science and society. From Mary Anning, the self-taught fossil hunter of Lyme Regis to the academic and deeply eccentric Dean Buckland of Oxford University, the story tells of reputations made and lost as self-help, self-promotion, over-wheening pride, folly and social climbing all played their part in the emerging story of the geological past. The dinosaurs, although central to the story, are also a vehicle for the much larger, more interesting and important story about the struggle to understand the meaning of fossils and what they tell us about prehistory. Deborah Cadbury, an award-winning TV science producer and acclaimed author of The Feminisation of Nature has thoroughly researched her topic and steeped herself in the intricacies of the scientific debates of the time. With black and white illustrations, extensive notes, a bibliography and index, the result is one of the best popular science histories. --Douglas Palmer. ]]> 5 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Apr 20 04:25:08 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 04:25:31 -0700 2008 Dinosaur Hunters Deborah Cadbury skilfully weaves together the story of the gradual unravelling of the mystery of dinosaur fossils with the story of one of the great scientific rivalries of the 19th century. When the first dinosaur fossils were found nobody knew what they were. Since they belon...more...]]> 80320732 1742110 1992919 1857029593 9781857029598 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1992919.The_Dinosaur_Hunters 3.80 25 The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World. Her hero is Gideon Mantell, a practising doctor, who found and first described many of the bones of the beasts that subsequently became known as dinosaurs. Full of quotes from contemporary sources, The Dinosaur Hunters brilliantly evokes the Dickensian world of early Victorian science and society. From Mary Anning, the self-taught fossil hunter of Lyme Regis to the academic and deeply eccentric Dean Buckland of Oxford University, the story tells of reputations made and lost as self-help, self-promotion, over-wheening pride, folly and social climbing all played their part in the emerging story of the geological past. The dinosaurs, although central to the story, are also a vehicle for the much larger, more interesting and important story about the struggle to understand the meaning of fossils and what they tell us about prehistory. Deborah Cadbury, an award-winning TV science producer and acclaimed author of The Feminisation of Nature has thoroughly researched her topic and steeped herself in the intricacies of the scientific debates of the time. With black and white illustrations, extensive notes, a bibliography and index, the result is one of the best popular science histories. --Douglas Palmer. ]]> 2 0 false Sun Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 12:44:59 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 12:48:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 72630277 2513768 1992919 1857029593 9781857029598 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1992919.The_Dinosaur_Hunters 3.80 25 The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World. Her hero is Gideon Mantell, a practising doctor, who found and first described many of the bones of the beasts that subsequently became known as dinosaurs. Full of quotes from contemporary sources, The Dinosaur Hunters brilliantly evokes the Dickensian world of early Victorian science and society. From Mary Anning, the self-taught fossil hunter of Lyme Regis to the academic and deeply eccentric Dean Buckland of Oxford University, the story tells of reputations made and lost as self-help, self-promotion, over-wheening pride, folly and social climbing all played their part in the emerging story of the geological past. The dinosaurs, although central to the story, are also a vehicle for the much larger, more interesting and important story about the struggle to understand the meaning of fossils and what they tell us about prehistory. Deborah Cadbury, an award-winning TV science producer and acclaimed author of The Feminisation of Nature has thoroughly researched her topic and steeped herself in the intricacies of the scientific debates of the time. With black and white illustrations, extensive notes, a bibliography and index, the result is one of the best popular science histories. --Douglas Palmer. ]]> 4 0 false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 01:32:21 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:40:21 -0700 2009
I thorougly enjoyed the book yet doubt that Mantell was as nice (naive?)...more...]]> 81493224 3058344 842049 1857029631 9781857029635 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/842049.The_Dinosaur_Hunters 3.50 6 3 0 false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 19 12:00:41 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 12:00:41 -0800 2009 76094582 2867999 1992919 1857029593 9781857029598 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1992919.The_Dinosaur_Hunters 3.80 25 The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World. Her hero is Gideon Mantell, a practising doctor, who found and first described many of the bones of the beasts that subsequently became known as dinosaurs. Full of quotes from contemporary sources, The Dinosaur Hunters brilliantly evokes the Dickensian world of early Victorian science and society. From Mary Anning, the self-taught fossil hunter of Lyme Regis to the academic and deeply eccentric Dean Buckland of Oxford University, the story tells of reputations made and lost as self-help, self-promotion, over-wheening pride, folly and social climbing all played their part in the emerging story of the geological past. The dinosaurs, although central to the story, are also a vehicle for the much larger, more interesting and important story about the struggle to understand the meaning of fossils and what they tell us about prehistory. Deborah Cadbury, an award-winning TV science producer and acclaimed author of The Feminisation of Nature has thoroughly researched her topic and steeped herself in the intricacies of the scientific debates of the time. With black and white illustrations, extensive notes, a bibliography and index, the result is one of the best popular science histories. --Douglas Palmer. ]]> 4 0 false Thu Oct 29 04:36:31 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 04:36:31 -0700 2009 75529174 2365714 1992919 1857029593 9781857029598 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1992919.The_Dinosaur_Hunters 3.80 25 The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World. Her hero is Gideon Mantell, a practising doctor, who found and first described many of the bones of the beasts that subsequently became known as dinosaurs. Full of quotes from contemporary sources, The Dinosaur Hunters brilliantly evokes the Dickensian world of early Victorian science and society. 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From Mary Anning, the self-taught fossil hunter of Lyme Regis to the academic and deeply eccentric Dean Buckland of Oxford University, the story tells of reputations made and lost as self-help, self-promotion, over-wheening pride, folly and social climbing all played their part in the emerging story of the geological past. The dinosaurs, although central to the story, are also a vehicle for the much larger, more interesting and important story about the struggle to understand the meaning of fossils and what they tell us about prehistory. Deborah Cadbury, an award-winning TV science producer and acclaimed author of The Feminisation of Nature has thoroughly researched her topic and steeped herself in the intricacies of the scientific debates of the time. 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