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Author : Steve Parker
Publisher : Southwater Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781844767076
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Fossil Hunting written by Steve Parker and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how fossils are formed, and where they are found around the world.
Author : Shelley Emling
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 023010097X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Fossil Hunter written by Shelley Emling and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when women were excluded from science, a young girl made a discovery that marked the birth of paleontology and continues to feed the debate about evolution to this day. Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of an ichthyosaur--while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis, England. Until Mary's incredible discovery, it was widely believed that animals did not become extinct. The child of a poor family, Mary became a fossil hunter, inspiring the tongue-twister, "She Sells Sea Shells by the Seashore." She attracted the attention of fossil collectors and eventually the scientific world. Once news of the fossils reached the halls of academia, it became impossible to ignore the truth. Mary's peculiar finds helped lay the groundwork for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, laid out in his On the Origin of Species. Darwin drew on Mary's fossilized creatures as irrefutable evidence that life in the past was nothing like life in the present. A story worthy of Dickens, The Fossil Hunter chronicles the life of this young girl, with dirt under her fingernails and not a shilling to buy dinner, who became a world-renowned paleontologist. Dickens himself said of Mary: "The carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and deserved to win it." Here at last, Shelley Emling returns Mary Anning, of whom Stephen J. Gould remarked, is "probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology," to her deserved place in history.
Author : Jasper Burns
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801841453
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States written by Jasper Burns and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1991-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lovely and loving piece of work, both an introduction to the hobby of fossil collecting and a beautifully illustrated field guide, with the author's drawings of some 450 fossil specimens and descriptions of 46 specific sites in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia where they can be found. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691245606
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The First Fossil Hunters written by Adrienne Mayor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythology 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 bones of long-extinct species that were once abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans. As Mayor shows, the Greeks and Romans were well aware that a different breed of creatures once inhabited their lands. They frequently encountered the fossilized bones of these primeval beings, and they developed sophisticated concepts to explain the fossil evidence, concepts that were expressed in mythological stories. The legend of the gold-guarding griffin, for example, sprang from tales first told by Scythian gold-miners, who, passing through the Gobi Desert at the foot of the Altai Mountains, encountered the skeletons of Protoceratops and other dinosaurs that littered the ground. Like their modern counterparts, the ancient fossil hunters collected and measured impressive petrified remains and displayed them in temples and museums; they attempted to reconstruct the appearance of these prehistoric creatures and to explain their extinction. Long thought to be fantasy, the remarkably detailed and perceptive Greek and Roman accounts of giant bone finds were actually based on solid paleontological facts. By reading these neglected narratives for the first time in the light of modern scientific discoveries, Adrienne Mayor illuminates a lost world of ancient paleontology.
Author : Michael Maisch
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781980415558
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Fossil Hunting 101 written by Michael Maisch and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buy this book at your own risk. It will destroy your illusions, but may haunt you in your dreams. It will tell you why fossil hunting is worth your time, but why you never get rich with it. It will tell you how to swing your hammer and why you have to keep an open ear when collecting close to a quarry wall. It will tell you how to collect with your children and why it is a bad idea to dig for dinosaurs in Alberta. You will learn that your old dividers from school are excellent preparation tools and that putting a name on a fossil is the least important thing you have to worry about. Stay away if you mind occasional mature language and political incorrectness. Get it when you want a short guide to fossil collecting and you have really absolutely no idea how to start with it.
Author : Charles Hazelius Sternberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Life of a Fossil Hunter written by Charles Hazelius Sternberg and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashley Oliphant
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561648957
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Shark Tooth Hunting on the Carolina Coast written by Ashley Oliphant and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a basic guide on how to find and identify fossil shark teeth from the coast of the Carolinas. It offers the basic information novices need to get started hunting fossil shark teeth and features an easy-to-use reference section that will allow for speedy identification of species commonly found on the coasts of North and South Carolina.
Author : Cheryl Blackford
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0358396026
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (583 download)
Download or read book Fossil Hunter written by Cheryl Blackford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This in-depth, beautifully illustrated biography of Mary Anning sings with the passion and perseverance of the woman herself, who from girlhood on scoured the shifting cliffs of her native Dorset to dig out prehistoric mysteries and make sense of them—altering forever our view of the past.” —Joyce Sidman, Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medal winner A fascinating, highly visual biography of Mary Anning, the Victorian fossil hunter who changed scientific thinking about prehistoric life and would become one of the most celebrated paleontologists of all time. Perfect for children learning about woman scientists like Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall, and Katherine Johnson. Mary Anning grew up on the south coast of England in a region rich in fossils. As teenagers, she and her brother Joseph discovered England’s first complete ichthyosaur. Poor and uneducated, Anning would become one of the most celebrated paleontologists ever, though in her time she supported herself selling by fossils and received little formal recognition. Her findings helped shape scientific thinking about extinction and prehistoric life long before Darwin published his famous work on evolution. With engaging text, photographs, and stunning paleoart, Fossil Hunter introduces this self-taught scientist, now recognized as one of the greatest fossilists the world has ever known.
Author : Johnathan Rand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781893699335
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (993 download)
Download or read book American Chillers #25 Mississippi Megalodon written by Johnathan Rand and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robbie Bridgeman and his two friends, Tara and Landon Phillips, are in trouble. When they set out for a day of fishing in Sardis Lake, Mississippi, they're hoping to catch big fish. They'll find one, all right...but this fish is far bigger than they could have ever imagined. The fish that has been lurking in the lake isn't a bass or bluegill or pike. It's a megalodon...a giant, prehistoric shark that is over sixty feet long. And Robbie, Tara and Landon are in a tiny rowboat.
Author : Albert B. Dickas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780878426812
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)
Download or read book 101 American Fossil Sites You've Gotta See written by Albert B. Dickas and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A list of fossil locations to visit within the United States, arranged alphabetically by state.
Author : B. Clay Cartmell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780930498016
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Let's Go Fossil Shark Tooth Hunting written by B. Clay Cartmell and published by . This book was released on 1978-02 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linda Skeers
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728230489
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)
Download or read book Dinosaur Lady written by Linda Skeers and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated picture book biography of Mary Anning that will enlighten children about the discovery of the dinosaurs and the importance of female scientists, perfect for fans of The Girl Who Thought in Pictures Mary Anning loved scouring the beach near her home in England for shells and fossils. She fearlessly climbed over crumbling cliffs and rocky peaks, searching for new specimens. One day, something caught Mary's eye. Bones. Dinosaur Bones. Mary's discoveries rocked the world of science and helped create a brand-new field of study: paleontology. But many people believed women couldn't be scientists, so Mary wasn't given the credit she deserved. Nevertheless, Mary kept looking and learning more, making discoveries that reshaped scientific beliefs about the natural world. Educational backmatter includes a timeline of Mary Anning's life and lots of fantastic fossil facts! The perfect choice for parents and teachers looking for: Dinosaur books for kids 5-7 and kids books about fossils Feminist picture books about historical women, and daring books for girls Kids STEM books
Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
ISBN 13 : 1575054574
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Mary Anning written by Sally M. Walker and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of Mary Anning, who discovered many of the best and most complete fossils in nineteenth-century England, yet received little credit for her work.
Author : Tea Cooper
Publisher : Harper Muse
ISBN 13 : 1400237971
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Fossil Hunter written by Tea Cooper and published by Harper Muse. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman’s determination to unravel a nineteenth-century mystery. Australia, 1847. The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush with a monster at her heels—but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie’s overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to visit a family friend, Anthea Winstanley. Anthea is an amateur paleontologist convinced she will one day find proof that great sea dragons swam in the vast inland sea that covered her property millions of years ago. Mellie is instantly swept up in the dream. 1919. Penelope Jane Martindale arrives home from the battlefields of World War I intent on making peace with her father and commemorating the deaths of her two younger brothers in the trenches. Her reception is disappointing. Desperate for a distraction, she finds a connection between a fossil at London’s Natural History Museum and her brothers’ favorite camping spot—also the last place they were seen before falsifying their ages to join the army. But the gorge has a sinister reputation: seventy years ago, several girls disappeared from the area. So when P. J. uncovers some unexpected remains, the past seems to be reaching into the present. She’s determined to find answers about what happened all those years ago . . . and perhaps some closure on the loss of her brothers. USA TODAY bestselling and Daphne du Maurier award-winning author Full-length historical mystery Stand-alone novel Includes discussion questions for book clubs
Author : Katherine L. Rogers
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780878424047
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)
Download or read book The Sternberg Fossil Hunters written by Katherine L. Rogers and published by Mountain Press Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science meets the great outdoors in this personal perspective of the Sternbergs, Charles and his three sons--George, Charlie and Levi--who formed the world's first family-run fossil-hunting business. From the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, the Sternber
Author : Kate Waters
Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN 13 : 0448490196
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (484 download)
Download or read book Curious About Fossils written by Kate Waters and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Are] you curious where ... fossils came from-- and who found them? Dig into this book to discover more about [the] exciting clues to the past!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Leonard Brand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816365210
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (652 download)
Download or read book Secrets Uncovered written by Leonard Brand and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of an archaeologist's adventure's while hunting for fossils and what he learned from his discoveries"--
