My beloved Brontosaurus : on the road with old bones, new science, and our favorite dinosaurs /

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Author / Creator:Switek, Brian.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Description:256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9108601
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Varying Form of Title:Brontosaurus : on the road with old bones, new science, and our favorite dinosaurs
ISBN:9780374135065 (hbk.)
0374135061 (hbk.)
Notes:Jacket interior unfolds to form a col. poster.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Paleontology meets pop culture in a young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs"--
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.

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