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The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates

The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates

Parsons, Keith

Hardcover

Series: Controversies in Science

General ReferenceGeologyPaleontology

ISBN10: 1576079228
ISBN13: 9781576079225
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Dec 2 2003
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.52
Height: 0.89 Width: 7.26 Depth: 10.24
Language: English

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.

In The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates, the major scientific disputes that have contributed to the understanding of dinosaurs come to light. Each chapter presents a major controversy then ponders the lessons learned and their impact on the scientific field.

Colorful characters such as anti-evolutionist Robert Owen, Darwin's bulldog, T.H. Huxley, and dinosaur heretic Robert Bakker, enliven the debates, which range from the origin of dinosaurs and their posture to their evolution or retrogression and whether they were warm- or cold-blooded. Two of the most recent debates concern how dinosaurs became extinct and whether or not birds are their descendents.

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