Piltdown forgery von weiner (21 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. On 21 November 1953, one of the most fascinating puzzles in science was finally solved. Three scientists--Joseph Weiner, Kenneth Oakley, and Wilfrid Le Gros Clark--described their investigations into the important fossilized human remains found at Piltdown in Sussex in the early 1900s. Their conclusion was stunning: the remains, and the accompanying materials that supposedly verified them as ancient fossils, had all been faked.The discovery of Piltdown Man had been announced to the world in 1912 by an amateur fossil hunter, Charles Dawson, and the Keeper of Geology at the Natural History Museum in London, Arthur Smith Woodward, who had found fragments of a thickset skull and an ape-like lower jaw, along with other bones and stone tools. These fragments pointed to a species of early human who had lived in England a million years ago-a 'missing link' between apes and modern man. But, as Weiner and his colleagues were to reveal in 1953, the skull was a recent one, and the jaw had belonged to an orang-utan. These and many other 'finds' from Piltdown had been deliberately stained and tampered with to make them appear ancient, and the scientific establishment had been well and truly fooled.Widely praised from its first publication in 1955, The Piltdown Forgery remains the classic account of this story and its many players. In this fiftieth anniversary edition, Professor Chris Stringer, Head of Human Origins at the Natural History Museum in London, provides an introduction to this famous story, and an afterword containing the latest detective-work. Ever-increasing technological powers may one day reveal who did what, and why, but until then this remains an engrossing tale of mixed motives, captivating trickery, and competing egos: a tale fit to rival the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (himself a player in this saga) at his best.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Dover Publications 1981 8vo. 214 pages. clean, tight copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., 1980. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have shelf wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Near Fine in Good dust jacket with chip to front panel corner.

1955. Physical Anthropology. Oxford University Press. 214p., good ex-library rebound in brown cloth.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

1955. Physical Anthropology. Oxford University Press. 214p., good dark red boards. No dust jacket slight wear at head of spine.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good Jacket. This book does include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Zustand: Good. 1955. No Edition Stated. 214 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Moderate loss to jacket edges and corners. …

Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth. xii, 214pp. Errate slip. Illustrations. Very good. First edition, a mild ex-library copy, with small markings on front pastedown, front flyleaf, rear pastedown and rear flyleaf.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Moderate foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. (Great Britain, Anthropology, Science) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Zustand: Good. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 214 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine. Tape to inside rear panel. Light foxing overall. …

xii+214pp. 8vo. Original boards in torn dustwrapper, tape mark on rear panel. Faint offsetting on endpapers and foxing on foredge. An otherwise very good copy.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 214 pages, illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Dawson, Charles 1864-1916. Piltdown forgery. Paleontology History. Scientific Misconduct history. Human remains (Archaeology) England. Fraud in science. Research Moral and ethical aspects. Biology. Descent Theory. Human evolution. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Not present. Mark of ownership. Three books under one cover. English.