How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever

Horner, Jack,Gorman, James

ISBN 10: 0525951040 / ISBN 13: 9780525951049

Editore: Dutton Adult, 2009

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Riassunto:

A scientific advisor for the film, Jurassic Park, evaluates the potential for artificially growing a real dinosaur without ancient DNA, in an account that traces his team's paleontology research to reveal the relationships between dinosaurs and birds and how it may be possible to stimulate latent tyrannosaurus rex genes in a chicken.

Informazioni sull?autore: Jack Horner is regents professor of paleontology at Montana State University, curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies, and probably the best-known paleontologist in the world. The recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award, he is the author of several books on dinosaurs, has helped create several documentaries, and does field work in Montana and Mongolia.

James Gorman is deputy science editor of The New York Times and editor of its Science Times section. He is the author of several books, including two previous books with Horner.

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Titolo: How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't ...
Casa editrice: Dutton Adult
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: hardcover
Condizione: Very Good