Worked to the Bone : A Study of Gilded-Age Transatlantic Scientific Networks in Paleontology

• Tác giả: Philipp Wendler
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3943423952
• ISBN: HUP.HHD.009.216
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 930 History of ancient world to ca. 499
• Thông tin xuất bản: Hamburg Hamburg University Press 2022
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (434 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 270408
• Chủ đề: 1. Cultural history; 2. Gilded Age; 3. History of knowledge; 4. History of paleontology; 5. Literary theory

Tóm tắt

In the American "Wild West" the nation's predominant paleontologists O. C. Marsh and E. D. Cope raced for the discovery of the most spectacular dinosaur fossils the world had ever seen. The "Bone Wars" not only unearthed triceratops, stegosaurus, and brontosaurus, they also made US paleontology world-famous. This book analyzes international scientific networks, carves out German influences on the evolution of US paleontology and higher education, and examines the link between the rise of US nationalism and science. So-far neglected by scholars, the perspectives of O. C. Marsh's German assistants take center stage.