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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0565094378
- EAN
- 9780565094379
- Date of Publication
- 2017-07-06
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- Discovering Dorothea: The Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter...
- Artist
- Shindler, Karolyn
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The Natural History Museum Publications
ISBN-10
0565094378
ISBN-13
9780565094379
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237008678
Product Key Features
Edition
3
Book Title
Discovering Dorothea : the Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter Dorothea Bate
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Adventurers & Explorers, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Paleontology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Shindler's excellent book serves to illuminate not only the travails of fieldwork a century ago, but also the problems faced by women seeking to carve out their own intellectual space. . . . A compelling read." --Richard Fortey, author, Earth: An Intimate History, "Shindler's excellent book serves to illuminate not only the travails of fieldwork a century ago, but also the problems faced by women seeking to carve out their own intellectual space. . . . A compelling read." --Richard Fortey, author, Earth: An Intimate History
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
560.92
Synopsis
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 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. Internationally respected as an outstanding palaeontologist during her lifetime, Dorothea was largely forgotten after her death. Now, working from unpublished letters, papers and work diaries and re-tracing her steps, Karolyn Shindler has rediscovered Dorothea's life.
LC Classification Number
QE707
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- r***d (273)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem in great condition 😁 SELLER communicated any time I had a question 😍 Good value 😊 packaged securely 🙂 Shipping said 7-14 days which is correct , would purchase again from rhis seller ... Thank You
- 6***t (479)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchasePurchasing form this company can at times be frustrating due to items never arriving, very low shipping time and the inability to track the items. But I gave them another chance and purchased many maps and books over the past few months and have received all of them. Last year, it was hit and miss. All items were in the condition as described. Packaging is minimal. The only downside is extremely slow shipping. I rate them a C+. Nothing to gloat about but eventually you will get what you wanted.