{"product_id":"dinosaurs-at-the-dinner-party-how-an-eccentric-group-of-victorians-discovered-prehistoric-creatures-and-accidentally-upended-the-world-9781982199616","title":"Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Clockwork Universe \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Writing of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, an \"utterly delightful...hugely entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e) book about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading to a whole new understanding of human history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early 1800s the natural world was a safe and cozy place, or so people believed. But then a twelve-year-old farm boy in Massachusetts stumbled on a row of fossilized three-toed footprints the size of dinner plates--the first dinosaur tracks ever found. Soon, in England, scientists unearthed enormous bones that reached as high as a man's head. Outside of myths and fairy tales, no one had even imagined that creatures like three-toed giants had once lumbered across the land--nor dreamed that they could all have vanished, hundreds of millions years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs at the Dinner Party\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated storyteller and historian Edward Dolnick leads us through a compelling true adventure as the paleontologists of the early 19th century puzzled their way through the fossil record to create the story of dinosaurs we know today. The tale begins with Mary Anning, a poor, uneducated woman who had a sixth sense for finding fossils buried deep inside cliffs; moves to William Buckland, an eccentric geologist who filled his home with specimens and famously pieced together a prehistoric scene from the fossil record inside a cave; and then on to the controversial Richard Owen, the era's best-known scientist, and the one who coined the term \"dinosaur.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exuberant\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), entertaining, erudite, and featuring an unconventional cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs at the Dinner Party\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how the accidental discovery of prehistoric creatures upended humanity's understanding of the world and its own place within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Dolnick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982199616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDolnick, Edward:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Edward Dolnick is the author of \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs at the Dinner Party\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Clockwork Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Forger's Spell\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Edgar Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Rescue Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. A former chief science writer at \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He lives with his wife near Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43774175084659,"sku":"9.78198E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_9e75ad5b-5f91-444c-9a91-def826aa4410.jpg?v=1757419949","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/dinosaurs-at-the-dinner-party-how-an-eccentric-group-of-victorians-discovered-prehistoric-creatures-and-accidentally-upended-the-world-9781982199616","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}