Discovering Dorothea - The Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter Dorothea Bate (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

In 1898, a 19-year-old girl marched into the Natural History Museum and demanded a job. At the time, no women were employed there as scientists, but for the determined Dorothea Bate this was the first step in an extraordinary career as a pioneering explorer and fossil-hunter and the beginning of an association with the Museum that was to last for more than 50 years. As a young woman in the early 1900s she explored the islands of Cyprus, Crete and the little known Majorca and Menorca, braving parental opposition and considerable physical hardship and danger. In remote mountain caves and sea-battered cliffs, she discovered, against enormous odds, the fossil evidence of unique species of extinct fauna, previously unknown to science, including dwarf elephants and hippos, giant dormice and a strange small goat-like antelope. Thirty years later in Bethlehem, she excavated against a backdrop of violence and under the shadow of war. By the end of her life Dorothea had earned an international reputation as an expert in her field. 'Discovering Dorothea' captures the indomitable spirit of a woman who, against social pressure and in the face of physical hardship, devoted her life to discovery and deepened our knowledge of the natural world.

General

Imprint:	The Natural History Museum
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2017
Authors:	Karolyn Shindler
Dimensions:	260 x 216 x 47mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	390
Edition:	3rd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-565-09437-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering Promotions
LSN:	0-565-09437-8
Barcode:	9780565094379

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