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Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes - The Story of Pioneering Geologist and Fossil-Hunter William Buckland (Paperback)
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Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes - The Story of Pioneering Geologist and Fossil-Hunter William Buckland (Paperback)
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'An irresistible biography of one of Oxford's most colourful
characters.' John Hedley Brooke In 1824, William Buckland stood in
front of the Royal Geological Society and told them about the bones
he had been studying - the bones of an enormous, lizard-like
creature, that he called Megalosaurus. This was the first full
account of a dinosaur. During his life, Buckland would also
demonstrate changes in the earth's climate, champion health reform,
wage war on slum landlords, and become infamous for eating
everything he could, even a mummified human heart. Yet his name has
been largely, and unjustly, forgotten. In this brilliantly
entertaining, colourful biography - the first to be written for
over a century - Allan Chapman brings William Buckland back into
the light and explores his fascinating life in full. From his
pioneering of geology and agricultural science to becoming Dean of
Westminster, Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes reveals a giant of
intellect whose achievements helped revolutionise the British
scientific community. Carefully balancing Buckland's more eccentric
escapades with his scientific prowess and the clash between science
and religion in the 19th Century, Caves, Coprolites and
Catastrophes is vivid, informative and thoroughly compelling. A
captivating story packed full of compelling insights into the world
of Victorian science and its relationship with the Christian faith,
Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes is an unmissable biography of an
exceptional scientist whose legacy extends down to this day.
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