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The lying stones of Eibelstadt
Author(s) -
NIELD TED
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1986.tb01030.x
Subject(s) - geology , lying , paleontology , archaeology , geochemistry , geography , medicine , radiology
In 1725 Dr Johann Beringer became the butt of a malicious academic hoax. But in his disgrace he rendered no small service to the emerging science of palaeontology.