Schmitt, Armin
Summary: An exploration into the world of dinosaurs, presented by paleontologist Armin Schmitt. Through firsthand experiences and groundbreaking research, Schmitt delves into the lives of these ancient creatures, showcasing global excavations and remarkable discoveries. While familiar favorites like Tyrannosaurus rex make appearances, Schmitt also addresses intriguing questions, such as the excavation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 SCHBenton, M. J. (Michael J.)
Summary: The world's leading paleontologist takes us on a visual tour of the latest dinosaur science, illustrated with accurate and stunning paleoart.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 BENKudlinski, Kathleen V.
Summary: Examines what is known about dinosaur bones, behavior, and other characteristics and how different the facts often are from what scientists, from ancient China to the recent past, believed to be true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 KUDRaup, David M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560 RAUTaylor, Michael (Michael Hugh)
Summary: "When the twelve-year-old daughter of a British carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from the country's southern shoreline in 1811, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had in fact discovered the 'first' ichthyosaur, and over the next seventy-five years--as the science of paleontology developed, as Charles Darwin posited...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.7 TAYDolnick, Edward
Summary: "In the early 1800s the world was a safe and cozy place. But then a twelve-year-old farm boy in Massachusetts stumbled on a row of fossilized three-toed footprints the size of dinner plates-the first dinosaur tracks ever found. Soon, in England, Victorians unearthed enormous bones--bones that reached as high as a man's head. No one had ever seen such things. Outside of myths and fairy tales, no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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Summary: A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest businesstycoons. Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560.75 RIEHoltz, Thomas R.
Summary: "Provides an annotated timeline of the discovery of Brachiosaurus, including details on the scientists, dig sites, fossils, and other findings that have shaped our knowledge of this dinosaur"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: an imprint of Capstone Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 HOLHoltz, Thomas R.
Summary: "Provides an annotated timeline of the discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex including details on the scientists, dig sites, fossils, and other findings that have shaped our knowledge of this dinosaur"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: an imprint of Capstone Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 HOLRubin, Sean
Summary: "Ever since mysterious bones were found in 1822, scientists and artists have tried to figure out what the creature they came from looked like. But it seems that every time they've made up their minds, someone makes a new discovery, and they have to start all over. That's only fair, though--after all, it's how knowledge advances!"-- Publisher's website
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: "A kids' guide to dinosaurs and the Mesozoic era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2023