The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World

by Deborah Cadbury

Overview

The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs.

In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two men: Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, became obsessed with the lost world of the reptiles and was driven to despair. Richard Owen, a brilliant anatomist, gave the extinct creatures their name and secured for himself unrivalled international acclaim.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857029635
Publisher:	Fourth Estate, Limited
Publication date:	07/02/2001
Series:	True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Pr
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.96(d)