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On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
April 2013
On Sale: April 16, 2013
268 pages
ISBN: 0374135061
EAN: 9780374135065
Kindle: B00ANI9EP6
Hardcover / e-Book
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Dinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size, terrifying claws
and teeth, and otherworldly abilities, occupy a sacred place
in our childhoods. They loom over museum halls, thunder
through movies, and are a fundamental part of our collective
imagination. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the dinosaur
fanatic Brian Switek enriches the childlike sense of wonder
these amazing creatures instill in us. Investigating the
latest discoveries in paleontology, he breathes new life
into old bones.
Switek reunites us with these
mysterious creatures as he visits desolate excavation sites
and hallowed museum vaults, exploring everything from the
sex life of Apatosaurus and T. rex’s
feather-laden body to just why dinosaurs vanished. (And of
course, on his journey, he celebrates the book’s titular
hero, “Brontosaurus”—who suffered a second extinction
when we learned he never existed at all—as a symbol of
scientific progress.)
With infectious enthusiasm,
Switek questions what we’ve long held to be true about these
beasts, weaving in stories from his obsession with
dinosaurs, which started when he was just knee-high to a
Stegosaurus. Endearing, surprising, and essential to
our understanding of our own evolution and our place on
Earth, My Beloved Brontosaurus is a book that
dinosaur fans and anyone interested in scientific progress
will cherish for years to come.
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