Unravelling Piltdown: The Science Fraud of the Century and its Solution
Author(s):
Walsh, John Evangelist
| Binding: | Softcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | TSP |
| Publication Year: | 1996 |
| Publication Place: | UK |
| ISBN: | 0679444440 |
| SKU: | 000212 |
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| Categories: | History - British |
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History - British
385pp plus 8pp monochrome plate illustrations. Indexed. Light edgewear to covers and text block edges & some minor indentations on back. Engagingly presented account of the astonishing Edwardian hoax that was Piltdown Man and how it had society largely convinced of the existence of an new species of pre-human for some 40 years.
Keywords:
Piltdown Man
Charles Dawson
Conan Doyle
Skull
Evolution
Evolutionary Theory
History of Science
Fraud
Hoax
