The dinosaur hunters : a story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world
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The dinosaur hunters : a story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world
Fourth Estate, c2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-364) and index
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The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant 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.
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