Fossil Hunter Dinosaurs, Evolution and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World

Name: Fossil Hunter Dinosaurs, Evolution and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
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ISBN: 9780230611566

ISBN-10: 0230611567

ISBN-13: 9780230611566

Edition: 2009

Authors: Shelley Emling

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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.

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 10/13/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Snakestones, Thunderbolts, and Verteberries



A Fantastic Beast



An Unimaginable World



A Great Kindness



A Long-Necked Beauty



The Hidden Mysteries of Coprolites



Finally, the Big City of London



An Amazing New Fish



Spilling Secrets



Esteemed Visitors



The Earth Moves



The Making of a Legend


Epilogue


Timeline


Notes


Index