The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World (MacSci)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780230611566 (0230611567)
ASIN: 0230611567
Publish date: 2009-10-13
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Natural History,
Biology,
Animals,
Evolution,
Dinosaurs
Before reading this book I had little idea who Mary Anning was and her impact in the origins of the scientific disciplines of paleontology and geology. She lead a truly fascinating life but the sad irony is that she received little or no recognition for her vast contributions to her fields of work ...
"Probably", "possibly", "might", "likely", "may have" are used over and over throughout the book.