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Allan Chapman

Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes

The Story of Pioneering Geologist and Fossil-Hunter William Buckland

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In 1824, William Buckland stood in front of the Royal Geological Society and told them about the bones he had been studying - the bones of an enormous, lizard-like creature, that he called Megalosaurus. This was the first full account of a dinosaur. In this brilliantly entertaining, colourful biography - the first to be written for over a century - Buckland's fascinating life is explored in full. From his pioneering of geology and agricultural science to becoming Dean of Westminster, this is a captivating story of an exceptional and eccentric scientist whose legacy extends down to this day.William Buckland DD, FRS (1784-1856) was a theologia… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-281-07952-0
  • EAN: 9780281079520
  • Produktnummer: 34123934
  • Verlag: Cabi
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 8'646 KB

Über den Autor


Allan Chapman FRAS is a word-renowned historian of science. As a member of the Faculty of History, based at Wadham College, he has taught at Oxford University for most of his career. He is also a former visiting professor at Gresham College in London. The author of numerous popular books on the history of science, he has appeared on a variety of television documentaries and on BBC TV's The Sky at Night, as well as presenting his own programmes, such as Gods in the Sky and Great Scientists. His most recent books include Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: From Halley to Hubble (2018), Physicians, Plagues and Progress: The History of Medicine from Antiquity to Antibiotics (2016) and Stargazers: Copernicus, Galileo, the Telescope and the Church (2014).

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