The great dinosaur extinction controversy / Charles Officer & Jake Page.
The great dinosaur extinction controversy / Charles Officer & Jake Page.
The great dinosaur extinction controversy / Charles Officer & Jake Page.
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1996.
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T0394444
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Day of the Meteorite -- 2. Meteorites and Comets -- 3. A Brief History of Dinosaurdom -- 4. Paleonecrology -- 5. Early Dissent -- 6. Science and Politics -- 7. Media Science -- 8. Iridium and Shocked Quartz -- 9. The Silly Season -- 10. The Missing Crater -- 11. What Did Happen -- Afterword:...
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1996.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Unfortunately for Alvarez, many in the scientific community did to support this theory, and in fact later research showed the impossibility of such an idea. The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy chronicles the fantastic story of how this hypothesis became so widespread, the way it became "common knowledge" - from the pages of Science to The New...
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The great dinosaur extinction controversy / Charles Officer & Jake Page.
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Helix books.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-205) and index.
Transferred from N567.91/17.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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T0394444
Record Identifier
74VM54zjLGaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM54zjLGaZ
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ISBN
020148384X
DDC
567.91
MMS ID
991003784079702626
