The dinosaur hunters
audiobook (Unabridged) ∣ a true story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world
By Deborah Cadbury
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The text tells the story of the bitter feud between Gideon Mantell, who uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry and became obsessed with the ancient past and Richard Owen, patronised by royalty, the Prime Minister and the aristocracy, who scooped the credit for the discovery of the dinosaurs Their struggle was to create a new science that would change man's perception of his place in the universe