Brinkman Paul D.
Brinkman Paul D. - The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush Museums And Paleontology In America At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century - Paperback
Brinkman Paul D. - The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush Museums And Paleontology In America At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century - Paperback
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Description: The so - called Bone Wars of the 1880s which pitted Edward Drinker Cope against Othniel Charles Marsh in a frenzy of fossil collection and discovery may have marked the introduction of dinosaurs to the American public but the second Jurassic dinosaur rush which took place around the turn of the twentieth century brought the prehistoric beasts back to life. These later expeditions which involved new competitors hailing from leading natural history museums in New York Chicago and Pittsburgh yielded specimens that would be reconstructed into the colossal skeletons that thrill visitors today in museum halls across the country. Reconsidering the fossil speculation the museum displays and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness Paul Brinkman takes us back to the birth of dinomania the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Featuring engaging and colorful personalities and motivations both altruistic and ignoble The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush shows that these later expeditions were just as foundational if not more so to the establishment of paleontology and the budding collections of museums than the more famous Cope and Marsh treks. With adventure intrigue and rivalry this is science at its most swashbuckling.
Title: The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush Museums And Paleontology In America At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century
Author(s): Brinkman Paul D.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226752167
Pages: 345 Pages, 31 Halftones, 8 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 12/21/2020
Category: Miscellaneous Items
Description: The so - called Bone Wars of the 1880s which pitted Edward Drinker Cope against Othniel Charles Marsh in a frenzy of fossil collection and discovery may have marked the introduction of dinosaurs to the American public but the second Jurassic dinosaur rush which took place around the turn of the twentieth century brought the prehistoric beasts back to life. These later expeditions which involved new competitors hailing from leading natural history museums in New York Chicago and Pittsburgh yielded specimens that would be reconstructed into the colossal skeletons that thrill visitors today in museum halls across the country. Reconsidering the fossil speculation the museum displays and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness Paul Brinkman takes us back to the birth of dinomania the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Featuring engaging and colorful personalities and motivations both altruistic and ignoble The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush shows that these later expeditions were just as foundational if not more so to the establishment of paleontology and the budding collections of museums than the more famous Cope and Marsh treks. With adventure intrigue and rivalry this is science at its most swashbuckling.
Title: The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush Museums And Paleontology In America At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century
Author(s): Brinkman Paul D.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226752167
Pages: 345 Pages, 31 Halftones, 8 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 12/21/2020
Category: Miscellaneous Items
