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9781568582047

The Bone Museum: Travels in the Lost Worlds of Dinosaurs and Birds

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  • ISBN13:

    9781568582047

  • ISBN10:

    1568582048

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-10-11
  • Publisher: Perseus Books Group
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Summary

From China to Patagonia, award-winning science writer Wayne Grady accompanies a team of paleontologists on several digs. Following the work of Phil Currie, a leading vertebrate paleontologist, the author traces the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds. Living in tents and experiencing fieldwork as well as the thrill of discovery firsthand, Grady recounts his journey with a storyteller's sense of narrative.

Author Biography

Wayne Grady was the science editor for Equinox magazine.

Table of Contents

Flight Pathsp. 1
Phil Currie's Christmas Turkeyp. 3
Lost Worldsp. 29
Patagoniap. 55
To the Rio Negrop. 57
Theropod Heavenp. 75
Desert Rainp. 103
Overburdenp. 119
Beyond the Dusty Universep. 139
The Living Screenp. 163
The Badlandsp. 179
The Call of the Wakon Birdp. 181
A Day at the Bone Museump. 205
Dry Islandp. 227
The Fossil Songp. 253
Ghost Birdsp. 273
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