Bone wars : the excavation and celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's dinosaur /

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"Less than one hundred years ago, Diplodocus carnegii-named after industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie-was the most famous dinosaur on the planet. The most complete fossil skeleton unearthed to date, and one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, Diplodocus was displayed in a doz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rea, Tom, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
Edición:Twentieth anniversary edition.
Temas:
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919.
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919
1900-1999
Paleontology > United States > History > 20th century.
Diplodocus.
Paléontologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > General.
Diplodocus
Paleontology
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword by Matthew C. Lamanna
  • 1. Diplodocus carnegii
  • 2. The Freehearted Frontier Hunter
  • 3. The Most Colossal Animal
  • 4. Culture in the Iron City
  • 5. A Lizard in Wyoming Politics
  • 6. Uncle Sam's Land
  • 7. Hewn into Fragments
  • 8. Some Good Luck at Last
  • 9. The Ample Fossil Fields
  • 10. Noble Champions of Truth
  • 11. Patagonia
  • 12. No More Reeds, No More Wortmans
  • 13. Southern Dreams
  • 14. When the Flag Drops
  • 15. Heads and Tails
  • 16. Celebrity
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword by Tom Rea
  • Milestones
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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