How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution

How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution - Paperback

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How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution - Paperback

How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution - Paperback

by Jack Horner , James Gorman
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by Jack Horner (Author), James Gorman (Author)

A world-renowned paleontologist reveals groundbreaking science that trumps science fiction: how to grow a living dinosaur.

Over a decade after Jurassic Park, Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are in the process of building the technology to create a real dinosaur.

Based on new research in evolutionary developmental biology on how a few select cells grow to create arms, legs, eyes, and brains that function together, Jack Horner takes the science a step further in a plan to "reverse evolution" and reveals the awesome, even frightening, power being acquired to recreate the prehistoric past. The key is the dinosaur's genetic code that lives on in modern birds- even chickens. From cutting-edge biology labs to field digs underneath the Montana sun, How to Build a Dinosaur explains and enlightens an awesome new science.

Author Biography

John "Jack" Horner is one of the world's foremost paleontologists, credited with finding the first dinosaur eggs in the Western Hemisphere, the first evidence of dinosaur colonial nesting, the first evidence of parental care among dinosaurs, and the first dinosaur embryos. He served as the inspiration for Paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, and as the technical advisor on all of the Jurassic Park films. Horner is Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, and Regents Professor of Paleontology at Montana State University.

James Gorman is deputy science editor of the New York Times and editor of its Science Times section.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.58 x 8.14 x 5.26 IN
Publication Date: February 23, 2010
ISBN9780452296015
Author Jack Horner , James Gorman
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages256
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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