商品簡介
Blending history and fantasy, science and art, the story of how dinosaurs were discovered and reimagined comes to life through splendid illustrations in this handsome slipcased volume. Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus...these exotic prehistoric creatures continue to fascinate more than 200 million years after they last roamed the earth. Dinosaur skeletons have been reconstituted, reconstructed, and interpreted by scientists and artists since the first fossils were uncovered near Cañon City, Colorado, in 1877, sparking the Bone Wars. In 1907, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History mounted "Dippy" the Diplodocus, which sparked dinomania, igniting the imagination of popular culture and Hollywood. From the Morrison Formation to Montanas Hell Creek, and from Mongolias Gobi Desert to Argentinas Patagonia, new discoveries and excavations have uncovered a lost k
作者簡介
In the paleontology and comparative anatomy gallery at the Muséum National d’Histoire Natuelle in Paris Christine Argot is a research professor and curator of collections and Luc Vivès is a project manager.
