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Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery of the dinosaurs and how it upended our understanding of the origins of the world.

An astonishing book about an extraordinary subject'' PETER FRANKOPAN
''As thrilling as it is sweeping'' TOM HOLLAND
''This book dazzles in its originality . . . a triumph' SATHNAM SANGHERA

In 1811, a twelve-year-old girl uncovered some strange-looking bones in Britain's southern shoreline. They belonged to no known creature and were buried beneath a hundred feet of rock. Over the next two decades, as several more of these impossible monsters' emerged from the soil, the leading scientists of the day were forced to confront a profoundly disturbing possibility: the Bible, as a historical account of the Earth''s origins, was wildly wrong.

This is the dramatic story of the crisis that engulfed science and religion when we discovered the dinosaurs. It takes us into the lives and minds

Impossible Monsters

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Publishing
      Published 3/14/2024
      ISBN-13 9781847926784
      978-1847926784
      ISBN-10 1847926789
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      Religion and science

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery of the dinosaurs and how it upended our understanding of the origins of the world.

      An astonishing book about an extraordinary subject'' PETER FRANKOPAN
      ''As thrilling as it is sweeping'' TOM HOLLAND
      ''This book dazzles in its originality . . . a triumph' SATHNAM SANGHERA

      In 1811, a twelve-year-old girl uncovered some strange-looking bones in Britain's southern shoreline. They belonged to no known creature and were buried beneath a hundred feet of rock. Over the next two decades, as several more of these impossible monsters' emerged from the soil, the leading scientists of the day were forced to confront a profoundly disturbing possibility: the Bible, as a historical account of the Earth''s origins, was wildly wrong.

      This is the dramatic story of the crisis that engulfed science and religion when we discovered the dinosaurs. It takes us into the lives and minds

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