The monster's bones : the discovery of T. Rex and how it shook our world /

"When Barnum Brown unearthed the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, it forever changed the world of paleontology. Henry Fairfield Osborn saw a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. With four-foot-long jaws capable of crushing the bones of its prey and hips that powe...

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Main Author: Randall, David K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]
©2022
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"When Barnum Brown unearthed the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, it forever changed the world of paleontology. Henry Fairfield Osborn saw a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. With four-foot-long jaws capable of crushing the bones of its prey and hips that powered the animal to run at speeds of 25 miles per hour, the T. Rex suggested a prehistoric ecosystem more complex than anyone at the time had imagined. As the public turned out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at the mysteries of its disappearance, Brown and Osborn together turned dinosaurs from a biological oddity into a beloved part of culture. Randall journeys from prehistory to present day, from remote Patagonia to the unforgiving badlands of the American West to the penthouses of Manhattan, with a cast of robber barons, eugenicists, and opportunistic cowboys. He reveals how a monster of a bygone era ignited a new understanding of our planet and our place within it."--Adapted from book jacket
Physical Description:xvii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
ISBN:9781324006534
1324006536
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