The Bone Hunters - Heroic Age of Palaeontology in the American West

Klappentext Nontechnical study presents the absorbing dramas involved in the discovery and reconstruction of the creatures who roamed the prehistoric West. "Highly recommended..." - Science Books. 51 halftones. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Scientist in the White House2 Rocks and Fossils3 Joseph Leidy4 The Big Badlands5 The Bone Hunters Come to the Sioux Country6 Othniel Charles Marsh7 Edward Drinker Cope8 The Smoky Hill9 Big Bone Chief10 In Quest of the Great Sea Serpents11 Bridger Basin12 West of the Jemez13 Marsh as Partisan14 The Beautiful Judith15 Super-Dinosaurs16 "Dawn Horses" and Birds with Teeth"17 Prince of Collectors: John Bell Hatcher18 "The Triumvirate: Hayden, Powell, and King"19 Cope As Financier20 Revenge21 After the BattleBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: H. J. Ford, H. J. Lanham Ford, Uri Lanham, Url Lanham, Url N. Lanham
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2011
• EAN: 9780486269177
• ISBN: 978-0-486-26917-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology