Title:
My beloved Brontosaurus : on the road with old bones, new science, and our favorite dinosaurs
Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Physical Description:
256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780374135065
Abstract:
A regular columnist for Smithsonian and Wired questions our long-held beliefs about dinosaurs and presents the latest scientific findings on what colors they really were, how they got so big and how they actually may have died out.
"Paleontology meets pop culture in a young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs"-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
Jacket interior unfolds to form a col. poster.
Contents:
Prologue: My dinosaur life -- Dragons of the prime -- The secret of dinosaur success -- Big Bang theory -- The dinosaurs, they are a-changin' -- Jurassic thunder -- Dinosaur society -- Dinosaur feathers -- Hadrosaur harmonics and Tyrannosaur tastes -- In the bones -- Dinosaurs undone -- Epilogue: My beloved "brontosaurus".
Language:
English
