A nicely illustrated and popular survey of paleontological discovery, from its beginnings in 19th century England to an Arctic Expedition in 1960. Colbert (1905-2001) focuses on key personalities from William Buckland, to Gideon Mantell, O. C. March, Edward Drinker Cope, and Barnum Brown. With 116 photographs, 47 figures and maps. Originally published in 1968 as Men and Dinosaurs: The Search in Field and Laboratory. A curator of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York for decades, Colbert in 1947 excavated of a series of Coelophysis skeletons at Ghost Ranch Quarry.  (SCI64, $9.95)