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My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs (2013)

door Riley Black

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"Paleontology meets pop culture in a talented young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs Dinosaurs haunt museum halls, stomp across movie screens, and adorn just about any product you can name. Despite groundbreaking discoveries, the dinosaurs of our childhood are entrenched in our minds, and new science struggles to overcome the inaccurate monsters of Jurassic Park. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the brilliant dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek investigates the tension between dinosaurs as scientific objects and pop-culture icons as he introduces us to the latest theories in paleontology, from how dinosaurs had sex to what colors they were and just how they got so big. To understand why they died--after 150 million years of success--we need to know how they lived. With infectious enthusiasm, Switek explains that these giant beasts left behind a wealth of information in their bones--and it's only by piecing together these clues that we can begin to understand ourselves. After all, our furry little ancestors lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs. Switek visits excavation sites, museums, and high-tech labs to question what we've long held true about these creatures, weaving in stories from his obsession with dinosaurs that started when he was knee-high to a Stegosaurus. Endearing, surprising, and essential to our understanding of our place on Earth, My Beloved Brontosaurus is a book that science buffs and dinosaur fans will cherish for years to come"-- "Paleontology meets pop culture in a young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs"--… (meer)
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Who doesn't love dinosaurs? For almost everyone, childhood includes some moment of fascination with dinosaurs, and yet what we know about dinosaurs is constantly changing as our technology improves. The author writes this book as a love letter to dinosaurs, but also from an adult perspective that includes an important reality: that loving dinosaurs stops being cool. Despite the scientific importance of continued research and exploration into Earth's history, dinosaurs are somehow left in childhood. This book explores the evolution of our knowledge of dinosaurs, as well as rebuilds a foundation of dinosaur information. A great informational book written with style and enthusiasm, ideal for middle level readers and above.
  jkassil | Jul 21, 2023 |
This book was recommended to me during a conversation I had with a scientist from the St. Louis Science Center. I loved it! I haven't read much at all about dinosaurs since I was a child, but in the past year or so, I've had a few encounters with prehistoric evidence that has rekindled my interest in the era. This book was super-accessible and endlessly fascinating (and funny, to boot). It's going to be hard not to be annoying if I hear misinformation about dinos and I want to jump in. And I'll probably be calling birds "tiny dinosaurs" from here on out--head's up on that one. The audiobook was fantastic, too, if you can get your hands on it.

BTW--she also recommended [book:How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature|22749747], so I have high hopes. ( )
  LibroLindsay | Jun 18, 2021 |
What an enjoyable Dinosaur book.
It's like you scored a year of riding around the country with Brian, going to Big Conferences, and he translates all the papers for you - throwing in a few things he's read here and there. And of course he's taking you to all the best Dinosaur sites on the way. ( )
  gismcxc | Jan 23, 2021 |
The library had quite a few copies of this book on display, so I picked one up. When I was younger one of my biggest fears was that a giant T-Rex would come stomping over the mountains, smashing the cities to bits, and then end up in my yard intending me for a snack.

I haven't kept up too much with what is going on in the dinosaur world lately. I have vague memories of raptors in Jurassic Park (I thought - are they new?). I remember when Brontosaurus was no longer a dinosaur. And somewhere along the way, I heard that dinosaurs had feathers.

I was hoping that this book would catch me up to date on recent dinosaur findings and new trends of thought. It did do that, but I had a hard time following the narration because this is basically a book of musings about dinosaurs as the author travels the country going to different sites.

I need a timeline somewhere. I can't remember from being a kid exactly when the Jurassic period occurred. I'm hazy on what Mesozoic means. This books assumes you know a lot of that and he's basically just bringing you up to speed on a few new points. I ended up a bit confused, skipping around from dinosaur to dinosaur, time period to time period. I need to find another book now, one that goes from point A to point B to point C. And one with bigger illustrations I can actually see. ( )
  Chica3000 | Dec 11, 2020 |
his book provides an entertaining though broad overview of dinosaur life, including such topics as dinosaur evolution, feathers, society, sounds, parasites and movement. Brian Switek takes a chatty road trip through North America visiting a variety of Dinosaur Museums, reminiscing about his childhood obsession with dinosaurs. There isn't anything new in this book for me and the personal musings about dinosaurs I found rather irritating, but this would make a good book for a dinosaur obsessed youngster. The inclusion of a large number of diagrams and photographs is a bonus. ( )
  ElentarriLT | Mar 24, 2020 |
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"Paleontology meets pop culture in a talented young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs Dinosaurs haunt museum halls, stomp across movie screens, and adorn just about any product you can name. Despite groundbreaking discoveries, the dinosaurs of our childhood are entrenched in our minds, and new science struggles to overcome the inaccurate monsters of Jurassic Park. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the brilliant dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek investigates the tension between dinosaurs as scientific objects and pop-culture icons as he introduces us to the latest theories in paleontology, from how dinosaurs had sex to what colors they were and just how they got so big. To understand why they died--after 150 million years of success--we need to know how they lived. With infectious enthusiasm, Switek explains that these giant beasts left behind a wealth of information in their bones--and it's only by piecing together these clues that we can begin to understand ourselves. After all, our furry little ancestors lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs. Switek visits excavation sites, museums, and high-tech labs to question what we've long held true about these creatures, weaving in stories from his obsession with dinosaurs that started when he was knee-high to a Stegosaurus. Endearing, surprising, and essential to our understanding of our place on Earth, My Beloved Brontosaurus is a book that science buffs and dinosaur fans will cherish for years to come"-- "Paleontology meets pop culture in a young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs"--

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