The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World - Couverture rigide

Emling, Shelley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230611567 ISBN 13 : 9780230611566

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Emling Shelley

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1811, when she was only twelve years old, Mary Anning discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of an ichthyosaur--while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis. Mary, the child of a poor family, became a fossil hunter, selling her discoveries and attracting the attention of fossil collectors and eventually the scientific world. Until Mary's discovery, it was widely believed that animals did not become extinct. But the bizarre nature of the fossils Mary found made it impossible to ignore the truth, sparking the conversation about evolution carried on by scientists from Charles Darwin to Stephen Jay Gould.

Biographie de l'auteur :

SHELLEY EMLING has been a journalist for twenty years, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Slate, and The International Herald Tribune. She lives in London, UK.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230611567
• ISBN 13: 9780230611566
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256