{"product_id":"palaeontology-in-public-9781800085831","title":"Palaeontology in Public","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the establishment of concepts of deep time in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, palaeontology has been one of the most high-profile sciences. Dinosaurs, mammoths, human ancestors and other lost creatures from Earth?s history are some of the most prominent icons of science, and are essential for our understanding of nature and time. Palaeontology and its practitioners have had a huge impact on public understandings of science, despite their often precarious and unsteady position within scientific institutions and networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePalaeontology in Public\u003c\/em\u003e considers the connections between palaeontology and public culture across the past two centuries. In so doing, it explores how these public dimensions have been crucial to the development of palaeontology, and indeed how they conditioned wider views of science, nature, the environment, time and the world. The book provides a history of vertebrate palaeontology through a series of compelling case studies. Dinosaurs feature, of course, including \u003cem\u003eSpinosaurus\u003c\/em\u003e, Winsor McCay?s ?Gertie the Dinosaur? and the creatures of \u003cem\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lost World\u003c\/em\u003e. But there are also the small mammals of the Mesozoic, South American Glyptodons, and human ancestors like Neanderthals and Australopithecines. This book shows how palaeontology is defined by its relationship with public audiences and how this connection is central to our vision of the past and future of the Earth and its inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003ePalaeontology in Public\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?Surely there is a one-way traffic from science to the media? In this remarkable collection of papers, Chris Manias and the authors explore palaeontological themes from the origin of life to interpretations of human culture, through dinosaurs (of course) and many other fossil taxa.? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eMichael J. Benton OBE, FRS, FRSE, University of Bristol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?Palaeontology is a strange science, at times arcane yet so accessible that many children dream of hunting for dinosaurs among sun-beaten badlands. Palaeontology in Public digs into the overlap of these two realms, and offers a much-needed exploration of how prehistoric beings emerge from stone and enter our collective imagination.? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eRiley Black, author of Last Days of the Dinosaurs and When the Earth Was Green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?In this sweeping multi-authored compilation, reviews consider how ancient animals have been presented to the public, for good or for ill. From Lucy the australopithecine to Gertie the dinosaur and Jurassic Park, never before has so much scholarly content on palaeontology?s popularisation been amassed in a single volume.?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eDarren Naish, vertebrate palaeontologist and author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21 January 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 234 mm; Width 156 mm; Thickness 20 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e UCL Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781800085831\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UCL Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50482239734010,"sku":"9781800085831","price":23.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781800085831.jpg?v=1790044564","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/palaeontology-in-public-9781800085831","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}