| Description |
1 online resource (350 pages) |
| Series |
Controversies in science |
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Controversies in science.
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| Contents |
The Great Dinosaur Controversy; Contents; Preface; 1 Why All the Fuss?; 2 "Fearfully Great Lizards"; 3 Huxley Agonistes; 4 Range War; 5 Whose Dinosaur? Kaiser Bill's or Uncle Sam's?; 6 Cold-Blooded, Warm-Blooded, or Neither?; 7 The Raptor and the Hummingbird; 8 "Sometimes You Have a Really Bad Day, and Something Falls out of the Sky"; Appendix I Dinosaurs and Their World; Appendix II Evolution; Glossary; Chronology; References; Documents; Document Credits and Acknowledgments; Index |
| Summary |
Annotation A historical review of the most important scientific controversies that have shaped our knowledge of dinosaurs since the discovery of important fossils in the 1820s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Dinosaurs
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Dinosauria (extinct superorder)
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Dinosaurs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1576079228 |
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9781576079225 |
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1576079236 |
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9781576079232 |
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