Kings of Creation: How a New Breed of Scientists is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Dinosaurs

by Don Lessem

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Discusses recent dinosaur finds and "the reinterpretations being made about dinosaur life." Illustrated with black-and-white photos, maps, and "drawings of some of the new dinosaur discoveries ... from the expeditions of the world's leading dinosaur scientists." Includes time line on endpapers.

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Li, Liney (Designer)
Sibbick, John (Illustrator)

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Canonical title
Kings of Creation: How a New Breed of Scientists is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Dinosaurs
Original title
Kings of Creation
Alternate titles
Dinosaurs Rediscovered: New Findings Which are Revolutionizing Dinosaur Science
Original publication date
1992
People/Characters*
Robert Bakker; Philip Currie; Peter Dodson; John Horner; J. Jensen; Paul Sereno (show all 9); Zhou Siwu; Roy Chapman Andrews; David Weishampel
Important places*
Dashanpu
Dedication
For "Aunt Seal," Sylvia Loewenfish,

who shared her unqualified love of life

with all of us fortunate to have known her
First words*
Momentan findet in der Dinosaurierforschung eine Revolution statt, die außerhalb des Fachbereichs nur vage verstanden wird.
Original language*
Englisch
Disambiguation notice
Originally published as Kings of Creation in 1992. Republished as Dinosaurs Rediscovered in 1993.
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Genres
Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
567.91Natural sciences & mathematicsFossils & DinosaursFossil cold-blooded vertebratesReptiliaDinosaurs By Family
LCC
QE862 .D5 .L49ScienceGeologyGeologyPaleozoology
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