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The Fossil Hunter
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Author : Shelley Emling
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2011-01-04
The Fossil Hunter written by Shelley Emling and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
The Fossil Hunter
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Author : Tea Cooper
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2021-11-01
The Fossil Hunter written by Tea Cooper and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01 with Fiction categories.
A fossil discovered at London's Natural History Museum leads one woman back in time to nineteenth century Australia and a world of scientific discovery and dark secrets in this compelling historical mystery. The Hunter Valley 1847 The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is running through the bush as a monster chases her - but no one believes her story. In a bid to curb Mellie's overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to visit a family friend, Anthea Winstanley. Anthea is an amateur palaeontologist with a dream. She is convinced she will one day find proof the great sea dragons - the ichthyosaur and the plesiosaur - swam in the vast inland sea that millions of years ago covered her property at Bow Wow Gorge. Soon, Mellie shares that dream for she loves fossil hunting too... 1919 When Penelope Jane Martindale arrives home from the battlefields of World War I with the intention of making her peace with her father and commemorating the death of her two younger brothers in the trenches, her reception is not as she had hoped. Looking for distraction, she finds a connection between a fossil at London's Natural History museum and her brothers which leads her to Bow Wow Gorge. But the gorge has a sinister reputation - 70 years ago people disappeared. So when PJ uncovers some unexpected remains, it seems as if the past is reaching into the present and she becomes determined to discover what really happened all that time ago...
Fossil Hunter
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Author : Cheryl Blackford
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2022-01-25
Fossil Hunter written by Cheryl Blackford and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-25 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
“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.
The First Fossil Hunters
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Author : Adrienne Mayor
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-11
The First Fossil Hunters written by Adrienne Mayor and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with History categories.
Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants - these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts of the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than fictions? This is the arresting and original idea that Adrienne Mayor explores in The First Fossil Hunters. Through careful research and documentation, she shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact - in ancient people's discoveries of the enormous bones of long-extinct dinosaurs, mastodons, and other animals that were once abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans.
Fossil Hunting
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Author : Steve Parker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Fossil Hunting written by Steve Parker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Mary Anning
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Author : Sally M. Walker
language : en
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Mary Anning written by Sally M. Walker and has been published by First Avenue Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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.
Rock And Fossil Hunter
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Author : Ben Morgan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03-06
Rock And Fossil Hunter written by Ben Morgan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-06 with categories.
Become an explorer of the rock & fossil world. Discover the wonderful world of rocks and fossils with more than 30 easy-to-do fun activities, plus stunning pictures and amazing facts.
Fossil Hunter
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Author : John B. Olson
language : en
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2008
Fossil Hunter written by John B. Olson and has been published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
When paleontologist Dr. Katie James leads an expedition to search for an ancient whale fossil, she has no idea her archrival, Nick Murad, will be searching for the same fossil. Nick and Katie's initial results fly in the face of current scientific theory, and it seems the whole world turns against them.
The Fossil Hunters
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Author : Marilyn Helmer
language : en
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Release Date : 2009-11-01
The Fossil Hunters written by Marilyn Helmer and has been published by Orca Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Shelley arrives at her aunt and uncle's cottage on Grey Rocks Lake and is excited to see her cousin Kyle. Her excitement quickly turns to disappointed when she discovers Kyle's friend Marcus is staying at the cottage too. Shelley feels left out of the boys' games. Then the fossil she found at the beach goes missing, and she thinks Marcus took it. But when Topper, Kyle's dog, loses her ball, Shelley and Marcus are given an opportunity to become friends.
The Fossil Hunter
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Author : Shelley Emling
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2009-10-13
The Fossil Hunter written by Shelley Emling and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.