The dragon seekers : how an extraordinary circle of fossilists discovered the dinosaurs and paved the way for Darwin /

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Main Author: McGowan, Christopher
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., c2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. In the Beginning
  • 2. Dragons by the Sea
  • 3. The Scriptures and the Rocks
  • 4. Chalk Pits and Leeches
  • 5. The World of Darkness
  • 6. Revelation
  • 7. The Tooth of the Iguana
  • 8. Just Causes
  • 9. More Giants
  • 10. Improving on Nature
  • 11. Mr. K诮ig Regrets
  • 12. The Professor and the Naturalist
  • 13. Landslides, Glaciers, and Riots
  • 14. Of Dinosaurs and Species
  • 15. Decline and Fall
  • 16. Beside the Sea.