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

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Randall, David K [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2022.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrationsISBN:

9781324006534
1324006544

Other title:

Discovery of T. Rex and how it shook our world

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Monster's Bones.DDC classification:

560.92 [B] 23/eng/20220614
567.912/9 23/eng/20220614

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Summary: -- When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, forever changing the world of paleontology, Osborn sees 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 suggests a prehistoric ecosystem more complex than anyone imagined. As the public turns 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 turn dinosaurs from a biological oddity into a beloved part of culture.Vivid and engaging, The Monster's BonesNew York Times best-selling author David K. Randall reveals how a monster of a bygone era ignited a new understanding of our planet and our place within it.

List(s) this item appears in: ANF-New Adult Non-Fiction

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library Big Room	Non-fiction	A 560.9 RAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34258000342802

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.

-- When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, forever changing the world of paleontology, Osborn sees 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 suggests a prehistoric ecosystem more complex than anyone imagined. As the public turns 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 turn dinosaurs from a biological oddity into a beloved part of culture.Vivid and engaging, The Monster's BonesNew York Times best-selling author David K. Randall reveals how a monster of a bygone era ignited a new understanding of our planet and our place within it.