9781862393110 - Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective (Geological Society Special Publication, Band 343) (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. vi, 394, col + b/w illus. . HB. Vg. Very light water stain to top corner of pages. The discovery of dinosaurs and other large extinct 'saurians' - a term under which the Victorians commonly lumped ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and their kin - makes exciting reading and has caught the attention of palaeontologists, historians of science and the general public alike. The papers in this collection go beyond the familiar tales about famous 'fossil hunters' and focus on relatively little-known episodes in the discovery and interpretation (from both a scientific and an artistic point of view) of dinosaurs and other inhabitants of the Mesozoic world. They cover a long time span, from the beginnings of 'modern' scientific palaeontology in the 1700s to the present, and deal with many parts of the world, from the Yorkshire coast to Central India, from Bavaria to the Sahara. The characters in these stories include professional palaeontologists and geologists (some of them well-known, others quite obscure), explorers, amateur fossil collectors, and artists, linked together by their interest in Mesozoic creatures. [9781862393110].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this book in Publisher's original Pictorial cloth boards issued without dust-jacket.Lovely clean tight copy with NOP previous names or inscriptions present. The discovery of dinosaurs and other large extinct 'saurians'?a term under which the Victorians commonly lumped ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and their kin?makes exciting reading and has caught the attention of palaeontologists, historians of science and the general public alike. The papers in this collection go beyond the familiar tales about famous 'fossil hunters' and focus on relatively little-known episodes in the discovery and interpretation (from both a scientific and an artistic point of view) of dinosaurs and other inhabitants of the Mesozoic world. They cover a long time span, from the beginnings of 'modern' scientific palaeontology in the 1700s to the present, and deal with many parts of the world, from the Yorkshire coast to Central India, from Bavaria to the Sahara.8vo 394pp First Edition [2010].

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The discovery of dinosaurs and other large extinct 'saurians'?a term under which the Victorians commonly lumped ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and their kin?makes exciting reading and has caught the attention of palaeontologists, historians of science and the general public alike. The papers in this collection go beyond the familiar tales about famous 'fossil hunters' and focus on relatively little-known episodes in the discovery and interpretation (from both a scientific and an artistic point of view) of dinosaurs and other inhabitants of the Mesozoic world. They cover a long time span, from the beginnings of 'modern' scientific palaeontology in the 1700s to the present, and deal with many parts of the world, from the Yorkshire coast to Central India, from Bavaria to the Sahara. The characters in these stories include professional palaeontologists and geologists (some of them well-known, others quite obscure), explorers, amateur fossil collectors, and artists, linked together by their interest in Mesozoic creatures.