African Dinosaurs Unearthed

Informationen zum Autor Gerhard Maier has spent ten years working in archaeology and vertebrate paleontology. Formerly a technician at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, he now works as a data analyst for a major oil company. A lifelong interest in dinosaurs, travel, and history has culminated in this volume. Klappentext Set against the background of a troubled century, the book reveals how scientific endeavors were carried on through war and political turmoil, and continue into the present day. Zusammenfassung The story of expeditions into Africa in search of dinosaur bones. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface 1.1907: Fraas and Something Curious in the African Bush 2.1908: Von Branca and a Matter of National Honour 3.1909: Janensch, Hennig, and a Cemetery of Giants 4.1909-1910: Geology in the Rain and Comets, Stegosaurs, and Iguanodonts 5.1911: Along the Railway and Expansion, Exhaustion, and Completion? 6.1911-1912: A Museum Overflows - The Recks find Iguanodonts, Pterosaurs, and a Fossilized Forest 7.1913-1918: Fresh Discoveries and a Bitter War 8.1919-1924: The British Museum in Tanganyika Territory 9.1924-1925: Cutler, Leakey, and a Difficult Start 10.1925: Berlin Builds Dinosaurs 11.1925: A Death in Africa 12.1925: Migeod - A New Recruit 13.1925-1926: An Expedition Saved 14.1926-1927: Berlin in Chaos and Parkinson Reviews Stratigraphy 15.1927-1929: Kenyan Interlude, Geology at Tendaguru, and Desperate Finances 16.1929: Migeod Returns 17.1930: Migeod and Parrington, Tendaguru and Nyasaland 18.1931-1939: Hennig Returns and Berlin's Museum Triumphs 19.1939-1976: Destruction and Renewal 20.1971-2001: Russell to Africa, Brachiosaurus to Tokyo, Berlin to Tendaguru 21.A Significant Contribution Notes References Index

Autorentext
Gerhard Maier

Klappentext
Set against the background of a troubled century, the book reveals how scientific endeavors were carried on through war and political turmoil, and continue into the present day.

Zusammenfassung
The story of expeditions into Africa in search of dinosaur bones.

Inhalt
Preliminary Table of Contents:
Preface
1.1907: Fraas and Something Curious in the African Bush
2.1908: Von Branca and a Matter of National Honour
3.1909: Janensch, Hennig, and a Cemetery of Giants
4.1909-1910: Geology in the Rain and Comets, Stegosaurs, and Iguanodonts
5.1911: Along the Railway and Expansion, Exhaustion, and Completion?
6.1911-1912: A Museum Overflows - The Recks find Iguanodonts, Pterosaurs, and a Fossilized Forest
7.1913-1918: Fresh Discoveries and a Bitter War
8.1919-1924: The British Museum in Tanganyika Territory
9.1924-1925: Cutler, Leakey, and a Difficult Start
10.1925: Berlin Builds Dinosaurs
11.1925: A Death in Africa
12.1925: Migeod - A New Recruit
13.1925-1926: An Expedition Saved
14.1926-1927: Berlin in Chaos and Parkinson Reviews Stratigraphy
15.1927-1929: Kenyan Interlude, Geology at Tendaguru, and Desperate Finances
16.1929: Migeod Returns
17.1930: Migeod and Parrington, Tendaguru and Nyasaland
18.1931-1939: Hennig Returns and Berlin's Museum Triumphs
19.1939-1976: Destruction and Renewal
20.1971-2001: Russell to Africa, Brachiosaurus to Tokyo, Berlin to Tendaguru
21.A Significant Contribution
Notes
References
Index

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