The First Fossil Hunters
Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than merely fictions? What if monstrous creatures once roamed the earth in the very places where their legends first arose? This is the arresting and original thesis that Adrienne Mayor explores in The First Fossil Hunters. Through careful research and meticulous documentation, she convincingly shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact--in the enormous bone…
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- ISBN: 978-0-691-15013-0
- EAN: 9780691150130
- Produktnummer: 10713888
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B13.5 cm x D2.3 cm 562 g
- Auflage: Revised ed
- Abbildungen: 63 halftones. 17 line illus. 1 tables.
- Gewicht: 562
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Adrienne Mayor is the author of Fossil Legends of the First Americans; Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs; and The Poison King, which was a finalist for a National Book Award in 2009. She is a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University.
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