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Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongolia

"A superb introduction to paleontology as it really is and how it is done, from fish to dinosaur, bird, and mammal." —Edward O. Wilson

Michael Novacek, a renowned paleontologist who has discovered important fossils on virtually every continent, is an authority on patterns of evolution and on the relationships among extinct and extant organisms. Time Traveler is his captivating account of how his boyhood enthusiasm for dinosaurs became a lifelong commitment to vanguard science. Novacek writes of the alluring perils of fieldwork with affection and discernment, and he illuminates the most exciting issues in paleontology today.

Subject
sciencehistorybiographytravel
Genre
adventure
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 380 pages

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