Show me the bone : reconstructing prehistoric monsters in nineteenth-century Britain and America /

Nineteenth-century paleontologists, such as Georges Cuvier and Richard Owen, were heralded as scientific virtuosos, sometimes even veritable wizards, capable of resurrecting the denizens of an ancient past from a mere glance at a fragmentary bone. Such extraordinary feats of predictive reasoning rel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dawson, Gowan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Temas:
1800-1899
Paleontology > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Paleontology > United States > History > 19th century.
Paleontologists > Biography.
Paléontologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Paléontologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Paléontologistes > Biographies.
NATURE > Animals > Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
Paleontologists
Paleontology
Great Britain
United States
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Correlation crosses the Channel
  • Fragments of design
  • Discovering the dinornis
  • Paleontology in parts
  • Correlation at the Crystal Palace
  • Correlation under siege
  • The problems of popularization
  • Unfortunate allies
  • Evolutionary modifications
  • Prophecies of the past.

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