ISBN10: 1857029631, ISBN13: 9781857029635, [publisher: Fourth Estate, London] Softcover SUBTITLED : ` A Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World '. 126 pages plus extensive notes, a biblio, and an INDEX. A few b/w photographs and b/w drawings assist text. The is a glorious irony that the first strange fossils were interpreted by men of the cloth. Those fossils did not fit into the creationist paradigms of the day. Some early examples of fossils were sold as verteberries. The other confusing factor was some of the discoveries suggested creatures bigger than houses. Was that even possible. Further to these `knowledge-earthquakes' : in 1824 Reverend William Conybeare was confronted with the preserved skeleton of a plesiosaurus -a curiuos animal at best, with no antecedents known in England of the day. LEARN also about : Marry Anning and Etheldred Benett - two female pioneers in the realms of paleontology. Cond : Paper wrapper is black and brown with yellowish lettering. Richard Owen , anatomist, and Gideon Mantell, driven collector are pictured on the front - circa 1837. Volume has light edge wear. Clean bright, tight. No names, no marks. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 148) : " At first, Buckland thought that the curious ripples on the surface of the bezoars had been created by the action of waves on soft clays. Gideon Mantell had found similar fossils with marked whorls in the ._._._. ." Size: 8vo
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ISBN10: 1857029631, ISBN13: 9781857029635, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited] Softcover Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Dunfermline, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]