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Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science
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Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science Hardcover - 2001

by Deborah Cadbury


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The dramatic story of the discovery that forever changed man's perception of his place in the universe.
In 1812, the skeleton of a monster was discovered beneath the cliffs of Dorset, setting in motion a collision between science and religion and among scientists eager to claim supremacy in a brand-new field. For Rever William Buckland, an eccentric naturalist at Oxford University, the fossil remains of a creature that existed before Noah's flood inspired an attempt to prove the accuracy of the biblical record. Gideon Mantell, a naturalist who uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, also became obsessed with the ancient past, risking everything to promote his vision of the lost world of reptiles. Soon the eminent anatomist Richard Owen entered the fray, claiming the credit for the discovery of the dinosaurs. In a fast-paced narrative, Terrible Lizard reveals a strange, awesome prehistoric era and the struggle that set the stage for Darwin's shattering theories-and for controversies that still rage today.

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On the south coast of England at Lyme Regis in Dorset, the cliffs tower over the surrounding landscape.

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  • Title Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science
  • Author Deborah Cadbury
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 374
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Henry Holt & Company, New York
  • Date June 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780805067729 / 0805067728
  • Weight 1.48 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.5 x 1.19 in (24.33 x 16.51 x 3.02 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00069701
  • Dewey Decimal Code 560.922

About the author

Deborah Cadbury is an award-winning TV science producer for the BBC. She is also the author of The Feminization of Nature. She lives in London.
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