Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science
Language: English
Published by Henry Holt and Co., New York, New York, 2001
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Hardcover with dust jacket – 3/4 gold paper over boards with gold lettering stamped on brown paper spine. Glossy illustrated DJ. Sewn binding. 384 pages, with over 50 b/w text illustrations, end notes, bibliography, index. 1st Edition, 1st Printing (full number line, no remainder mark). CONDITION: Book AS NEW, binding square and tight, pages bright and unmarked; DJ FINE,light rubbing and edge wear, not clipped. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.
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- Title
- Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science
- Author
- Cadbury, Deborah
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co., New York, New York
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0805067728
- ISBN 13
- 9780805067729
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Animals (Zoology), Biological Sciences, Geology
In 1812, the skeleton of a monster was discovered beneath the cliffs of Dorset, setting in motion a collision between science and religion and among scientists eager to claim supremacy in a brand-new field. For Rever William Buckland, an eccentric naturalist at Oxford University, the fossil remains of a creature that existed before Noah's flood inspired an attempt to prove the accuracy of the biblical record. Gideon Mantell, a naturalist who uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, also became obsessed with the ancient past, risking everything to promote his vision of the lost world of reptiles. Soon the eminent anatomist Richard Owen entered the fray, claiming the credit for the discovery of the dinosaurs.
In a fast-paced narrative, Terrible Lizard reveals a strange, awesome prehistoric era and the struggle that set the stage for Darwin's shattering theories-and for controversies that still rage today.
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