Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science by Deborah Cadbury - First American Edition (stated) - 2001 - from JB Books and Biblio.com

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Cadbury tells the interwoven stories of the pioneering fossilists of the 19th century. Focusing on Mary Anning, Gideon Mantell, and Richard Owen, her story shows how their passions and discoveries challenged religious conventions of the day and helped forge modern assumptions about evolution.

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"Cadbury is a writer of great talent and, as one might surmise from her day job as a TV science producer with the BBC, she can tell a story skillfully. Regrettably her grasp of the history of paleontology is slight, resulting in some errors and lost opportunities."

Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science

by Cadbury, Deborah

First American Edition (stated)

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Book desription: New York: Henry Holt and Company Inc., 2001. FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition (stated). The fascinating story of the origin and development of the sciences field of paleontology and its study of dinosaurs, discussing the various prominent researchers, their disagreements and feuds, their theories, the evolving technologies used, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes and sources, bibliography, indexed, 374pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare.. ISBN: 0-8050-6772-8. First American Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paleontology, Paleontologists, Dinosaurs, Bones, Sciences, Biography, Technology, Nature, Natural World, Animals.

Bookseller: JB Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 00010208
Edition: First American Edition (stated)
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0805067728
ISBN 13: 9780805067729
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Inc.
Place: New York
Date published: 2001
Pages: 374
Size: 6 x 9.5 x 1 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Subjects: EDUCATION / General; NATURE / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures; SCIENCE / Paleontology;

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