num_pages: 384
description: The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two men: Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, became obsessed with the lost world of the reptiles and was driven to despair. Richard Owen, a brilliant anatomist, gave the extinct creatures their name and secured for himself unrivalled international acclaim.
language: English
title: The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
titlecomplete: The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
genres: Palaeontology, Biography, Geology, Dinosaurs, Natural History, Biology, Science, Nonfiction, History Of Science, History
ratings_count: 994
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dingle Prize
category: History of Science
publisher: Fourth Estate