Patrons of Paleontology : How Government Support Shaped a Science, Hardcover ...

by Jane P. Davidson

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Patrons of Paleontology : How Government Support Shaped a Science, Hardcover by Davidson, Jane P., ISBN 0253025710, ISBN-13 9780253025715, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In Patrons of Paleontology, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascinating creatures that were being unearthed. These early decades of government support shaped the way the discipline grew, creating practices and enabling discoveries that continue to affect paleontology today.

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780253025715
• Condition: Fine

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