Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Bøger
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
Spil og hobby
Hjem
Kategorier
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
FAQ
Konto
Kontakt
Kurv
  1. Bog
  2. Sande fortællinger
  3. True Crime fortællinger

The Piltdown Man Hoax

- Case Closed
Af: Dr Miles Russell Engelsk Paperback

The Piltdown Man Hoax

- Case Closed
Af: Dr Miles Russell Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Piltdown. Even today the name sends a shiver down the collective spine of the scientific community, for this was the most dramatic and daring fraud ever perpetrated upon the world of science and academia. Between 1908 and 1912, a series of amazing discoveries relating to what appeared to be the earliest human were made close to the little village of Piltdown in Sussex. These remains belonged to the developmental ‘missing link’ between man and ape. The basic principles of evolution, first propounded by Charles Darwin some fifty years before, now appeared as indisputable fact. The Manchester Guardian ran the first headline: ‘THE EARLIEST MAN?: REMARKABLE DISCOVERY IN SUSSEX. A SKULL MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD’ it screamed, adding that the discovery was ‘one of the most important of our time’. The news spread quickly around the world, with many voicing their eagerness to examine the find. Few archaeological discoveries have the capacity to be front-page news twice over, but ‘Piltdown Man’ is a rare exception. Forty-one years after he first became famous, the ‘Earliest Englishman’ was again hot news. It was late November 1953, and the world was about to discover that Piltdown Man had been a hoax. Not just any hoax mind, the London Star declared it to be ‘THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC HOAX OF THE CENTURY’.
Vis mere
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 193
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Piltdown. Even today the name sends a shiver down the collective spine of the scientific community, for this was the most dramatic and daring fraud ever perpetrated upon the world of science and academia. Between 1908 and 1912, a series of amazing discoveries relating to what appeared to be the earliest human were made close to the little village of Piltdown in Sussex. These remains belonged to the developmental ‘missing link’ between man and ape. The basic principles of evolution, first propounded by Charles Darwin some fifty years before, now appeared as indisputable fact. The Manchester Guardian ran the first headline: ‘THE EARLIEST MAN?: REMARKABLE DISCOVERY IN SUSSEX. A SKULL MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD’ it screamed, adding that the discovery was ‘one of the most important of our time’. The news spread quickly around the world, with many voicing their eagerness to examine the find. Few archaeological discoveries have the capacity to be front-page news twice over, but ‘Piltdown Man’ is a rare exception. Forty-one years after he first became famous, the ‘Earliest Englishman’ was again hot news. It was late November 1953, and the world was about to discover that Piltdown Man had been a hoax. Not just any hoax mind, the London Star declared it to be ‘THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC HOAX OF THE CENTURY’.
Vis mere
Se mere i:
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752487748
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0752487744
Kategori: True Crime fortællinger
Udg. Dato: 10 dec 2012
Længde: 10mm
Bredde: 158mm
Højde: 232mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 10 dec 2012
Forfatter(e): Dr Miles Russell
Forfatter(e) Dr Miles Russell

Kategori True Crime fortællinger

ISBN-13 9780752487748

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 0

Udgave

Længde 10mm

Bredde 158mm

Højde 232mm

Udg. Dato 10 dec 2012

Oplagsdato 10 dec 2012

Forlag The History Press Ltd

Andre har også købt
Karen Latchana Kenney Digestive System
Digestive System
Karen Latchana Kenney
136 kr
Kategori sammenhænge