Main Title |
The gilded dinosaur : the fossil war between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the rise of American science / |
Author |
Jaffe, Mark.
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Publisher |
Crown, |
Year Published |
2000 |
OCLC Number |
41932492 |
ISBN |
0517707608; 9780517707609 |
Subjects |
Paleontologists--United States--Biography ;
Fossils--Collection and preservation--West (US)--History--19th century ;
West United States ;
Kontroverse ;
Paläontologie ;
USA--Weststaaten ;
Paleozoèologie ;
Dinosaurussen ;
Geschichte 1800-1900
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Additional Subjects |
Cope, E D--(Edward Drinker),--1840-1897 ;
Marsh, Othniel Charles,--1831-1899 ;
Cope, Edward D
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
QE707.C63J34 2000 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2022 |
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Edition |
1st ed. |
Collation |
424 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
"Charles Darwin had shaken the very foundations of Victorian society with his theory of evolution by natural selection, and scientists across the civilized world were locked in a great battle over Darwin's idea. While the debate raged in Europe, the hunt for hard evidence increasingly focused on the American West, with its grand mesas, buttes, and badlands." "Could the answer to the history of life and the proof of evolution be found in fossils? That was the question that two young American paleontologists - Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh - set out to answer. But what began as a friendly contest quickly turned into bitter rivalry that would spill over into American science and politics and rage relentlessly for nearly three decades." "Among the most remarkable fossil discoveries of Cope and Marsh are a bevy of dinosaurs, including some of the best known beasts - the Triceratops, the Stegosaurus, the Camarasaurus, and the Brontosaurus. Even today, Marsh holds the record for dinosaur discoveries."--Jacket. |
Place Published |
New York |
PUB Date Free Form |
©2000 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
99038510 |
Merged OCLC records |
155272142; 1022589012 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20220928213017 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
04341cam 22007934a 45010 |