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The dragon seekers [how an extraordinary circle of fossilists discovered the dinosaurs and paved the way for Darwin]
An entrancing read about a critical period in the development of scientific thought, The Dragon Seekers shows how the early fossilists, eccentric characters in their own right, forever changed our interpretation of the world and its inhabitants.
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- "An entrancing read about a critical period in the development of scientific thought, The Dragon Seekers shows how the early fossilists, eccentric characters in their own right, forever changed our interpretation of the world and its inhabitants."@en
- "In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary group of scientists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world--a world that they had to piece together from the fossilized, fragmentary remains of animals no one had ever seen. These nineteenth-century pioneers were an eccentric lot that included a working-class woman, an Oxford professor with a theatrical bent, a crisis-ridden country doctor who was never quite accepted among London's scientific elite, and an expert anatomist who once dissected a rhino in his living room. These were the Dragon Seekers, the people who brought the myths to life and whose work, within a populace raised on a literal interpretation of Genesis, laid the groundwork for the revolutionary ideas of Darwin."@en
- "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. It 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."@en
- "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 ... book, [the author] 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 book] shows how these remarkable characters forever changed our interpretation of the world and its inhabitants.-Back cover."
- "In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary group of people struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world, a world they had to piece together from the fossilized, fragmentary remains of animals no one had ever seen. These were the Dragon Seekers, the people who brought the myths to life and whose work laid the groundwork for the revolutionary ideas of Darwin."@en
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- "The dragon seekers [how an extraordinary circle of fossilists discovered the dinosaurs and paved the way for Darwin]"@en
- "The dragon seekers how an extraordinary circle of fossilists discovered the dinosaurs and paved the way for Darwin"
- "The dragon seekers how an extraordinary circle of fossilists discovered the dinosaurs and paved the way for Darwin"@en