The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C.

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The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science
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It was an age of counterfeit giants, corrupt politicians, and intrepid pioneers. It was a time of scientific ferment. The second half of the 19th century â€” the so-called Gilded Age â€” was a time when Americans were exploring the West and building a nation which stretched from coast to coast. It was also when scientists began finding dinosaur fossils across the western half of the nation.

Could the answer to the history of life and the proof of evolution be found in these bones? That was the question two young American paleontologists â€” Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh â€” set out to answer. But what began as a friendly contest quickly turned into a bitter rivalry that would spill over into American science and politics and rage relentlessly for nearly three decades.

Despite their Gilded Age celebrity, the names of Cope and Marsh have disappeared into the recesses of the library and archive. In The Gilded Dinosaur, Mark Jaffe exhumes from those archives the notes, journals, and letters of these two great opponents to reanimate and retell one of the most fierce rivalries in the history of science.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer Three Rivers Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2001-03-20
EANs 9780609807057

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer	Three Rivers Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2001-03-20
EANs	9780609807057

The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science

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