An Agenda for Antiquity: Henry Fairfield Osborn and Vertebrate Palaeontology at the American Museum of Natural History, 1890-1935 - History of American Science & Technology S.

Examines how and why vertebrate paleontology, a relatively marginal field of scientific inquiry, flourished at New York's American Museum of Natural History in the early 20th century. This text focuses on Henry Fairfield Osborn, a prominent scientist who dominated paleontology in that era.