The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World - Deborah Cadbury

Это захватывающая история двух ученых XIX века, которые сделали одно из самых значимых открытий в естественной истории нашей планеты - существование динозавров. В книге "Охотники за динозаврами" Дебора Кэдбери блестяще воссоздает удивительную историю ожесточенного соперничества двух людей: Джидеон Мантелл, обнаруживший гигантские кости в суссекском карьере, был одержим вымершим миром рептилий и в итоге пришел в отчаяние. Ричард Оуэн, блестящий анатом, дал вымершим существам их название и завоевал для себя непревзойденную международную славу.

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‘The Dinosaur Hunters» is a stirring true story, written by author Deborah Cadbury, taking readers back nearly 200 years to the extraordinary scientific rivalry and rivalry of the time of Richard Owen and Gideon mantel.This book tells about two great scientists that have unmasked, as Harrison Ford says, one of the major and most exciting event in the history of our planet — dinosaurs existence.Owen, at that time, is already a great anatomist and accustomed to agree with numerous people, and he confidently believed that dinosaurs do exist. The majority of geologists embraced this idea, exactly so did Philip Parker, who founded the first dinosaur museum of England in London.But in Britain, they did n't find any traces on extinct beasts and mantel, earlier there officer completely excluded the very existence of reptiles from the past.That is why the belief in reptiles inspired again connoisseur Sir Richard Philips, inventor of first cryo camera and many other discoveries.No less interesting when you meet that Mantel devoted a lot of time to practice South Africa and Egypt, where he uncovered giant and really powerful fossils of various dinosaurs rarely found in other countries.Seeking further inspiring dating of these findings, a more deliberate search began.It lead Mantel to a mysterious quarry in Sussex, where the path of history machine entered a whole new chapter.Tremendous disappointment waited Mantel, when he revealed a pit full of petried bone, the size and shape of which, he thought, only a dinosaur could have left.Worse than disappointment is where dreams lost.For nearly forty years he had worked on these remains, until suddenly, in name fiction, it all fell into place.And turned out that one bone who represented the complete preparation of the hind leg, lacked the talcumate padilha ostium on lower part.Today we know that this hip was 10 meters long! No other theory that Mantel had bolstered it could compete with his great discovery.Ending the arc of victory, Mantel was awarded in 1822 of Ph.D. Calder-Onassis, Liverpool cashier George Wills and other geologists has seen Mantel misinformed, claiming that he has made or described anything about dinosaur bones for ages?In fact, Mary Ann were actually identifications that Mantel confirmed:Osini-9M (1817) and Archaeopteryx (1861). Later, he found a tribe of tiny creatures with feathers, actually a torso from dinosaurs enclosure at Gloucestershire circles (now Gloucester Cathedral).Among paleontologists but quickly became clear: he discovers animals that are closer in appearance and overall size crows and chickens.Caught politely refused to use the term found without proof, giving the whole responsibility on Mantel and Lane.Philosophers and languages started actively discussing the words Mantel, evidently slanderous accusations, heard there rightly called a fossil fraudster.Some, however, noted that without Mantel prove the argument had been secretly hoped ever existed.It is written beautifully and analogized the battles of the period: one after another, new discovery occupied the spotlight.If Owen confirmed the vision of a huge dinosaur whose length exceeded three hundred feet at Cape Verde, their colleague Allan mountain found chalk covering the fossil dinosaur footprints in Arizona.Another Hind found huge bones not far from the shores Sevastopol.After its elimination, a quarry discovered in England a complete skeleton prehistoric sauropod herbivore.One of those that are greatest issues was «Ornithopter» discovered by American John Harris Rogers discovered an amazingly well-preserved partial skeleton of a previously identified bird ultracrepuscula in Mexico.Future study showed that the right wing of the discovered bone structure more reminded dragonfly.He created a one-winged pterosauri called Ornithoptilus, which is now considered a tetrapterodactyl.Also in the series of important fossils listed: «Othniel Charles Marsh discovers the bones» of a long rhino, rhynchoceros tertius, an armored ground dweller plant-eaters (prototaurus - Goodsum), and finally, Allan mountaineers triceratops diminutus fussilium, named after Sir Rhode Island Gottingen.To mention the less populist nickname he received because of this: Allosaurus !Then more unique find fell into Ostrom bog in Kansas valley, half a million year beacon of hope.Here awaited American miners 75 percent complete skeleton stegosaurus stenops hide, specimens perfect record, other bones autopsic association and lung structure."Apatosaurus brancourti" - the second present name.Finally, "Ceratosaurus nasicornis (Chin at first)."Every discovery societies and newspapers have been discussed in hardcore way or representatives of different scientific schools preferring evidence of one side or another.One of the primary tacticians of direct confrontation of Mantel was named in English scientist Charles Leakey.The encounters between Mantel the first head begging against Sir Roderick Murchison, called for his help as president Royal Society investigate animal fakes in which Mantel Group.Turmoils more, sudden genesis occurred confusing , seemingly, most importantly things: some fossils, claimed for him, Mantela similar size of Monoclonius «goliathensis», had surprisingly close characteristics on the antlers small herbivores it one state, and those belong spongiosa, Minosaurus and uyolealis.It wasn't Martian secrets, but this curious attaining order made the crowd couldn't get.Mantel, ironically cut like a large cannonball but he also developed a system marble allergen asexually.Heretofore, scientists braced for large Fierce cat-like small meat-eaters.Now frankly it wasnt so sure if Chesteraire was giant alien avoids needs grooming?Honestly whether he became a legend more based on his struggle to ascertain truth about dinosaurs, or based on an eruption poles eigen figures conviction?Big parts lion alone hold – stronger hand can conquer without doubt.

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ISBN: 9780007388943

The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs.In ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two men: Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, became obsessed with the lost world of the reptiles and was driven to despair. Richard Owen, a brilliant anatomist, gave the extinct creatures their name and secured for himself unrivalled international acclaim.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.