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In 1839, on the basis of a single mysterious fragment of bone from the other side of the world, the great English anatomist Richard Owen reached the conclusion that it came from an unknown gigantic flightless bird. Despite this being shortly before the time of Darwin and the great evolution debate, many initially thought Owen's claim preposterous. A huge new bird that couldn't fly? Like an Ostrich? Ridiculous! Owen's piece of bone is the starting point for Richard Wolfe's fascinating story of scientific intrigue and personality clashes in one of the nineteenth century's great natural history discoveries. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)568.50993Natural sciences and mathematics Fossils & prehistoric life Reptiles; Birds Cursores, runnersLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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"Moa" mainly deals with Robert Owen, the man who took one look at a bone and immediately recognised it as belonging to an enormous bird. It's a none-too-difficult read, although one can't help but read it with head bowed, knowing it was us humans that killed off the Moa (and many other great species, like the Haast Eagle, the largest bird that could fly, and is referred to in "Moa").
Besides the sad plight of the Moa, my memory of the book was losing my library borrowed copy in a gym in Wellington, New Zealand and while the copy soon turned up back at the Wellington library, it was soaking wet and I had to pay for a replacement copy. ( )