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CAVES, COPROLITES AND CATASTROPHES IBD

ALLAN CHAPMAN
SPCK PUBLISHING
03 / 2022
9780281079513
Inglés

Sinopsis

âÇÖAn irresistible biography of one of OxfordâÇÖs most colourful characters.âÇÖ John Hedley BrookeIn 1824, William Buckland stood in front of the Royal Geological Society and told them about the bones he had been studying - the bones of an enormous, lizard-like creature, that he called Megalosaurus.This was the first full account of a dinosaur.During his life, Buckland would also demonstrate changes in the earthâÇÖs climate, champion health reform, wage war on slum landlords, and become infamous for eating everything he could, even a mummified human heart. Yet his name has been largely, and unjustly, forgotten.In this brilliantly entertaining, colourful biography - the first to be written for over a century - Allan Chapman brings William Buckland back into the light and explores his fascinating life in full. From his pioneering of geology and agricultural science to becoming Dean of Westminster,áCaves, Coprolites and Catastrophesáreveals a giant of intellect whose achievements helped revolutionise the British scientific community.Carefully balancing BucklandâÇÖs more eccentric escapades with his scientific prowess and the clash between science and religion in the 19th Century,áCaves, Coprolites and Catastrophesáis vivid, informative and thoroughly compelling.A captivating story packed full of compelling insights into the world of Victorian science and its relationship with the Christian faith,áCaves, Coprolites and Catastrophesáis an unmissable biography of an exceptional scientist whose legacy extends down to this day.