About this title: A world-renowned paleontologist teams up with a "New York Times" science writer to reveal a new science that trumps science fiction: how humans can re-create a dinosaur.
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Binding: Spoken Word MP3-CD
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Date Published: 2009-04-06
ISBN-13:9781400161416ISBN:140016141X
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Tantor Media
Date Published: 2009
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Date Published: 2009-04-06
ISBN-13:9781400111411ISBN:1400111412
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E P Dutton
Date Published: 2009-03-19
ISBN-13:9780525951049ISBN:0525951040
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Tantor Media
Date Published: 2009
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
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Date Published: 2009-04-06
ISBN-13:9781400141418ISBN:1400141419
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"A delightful, plain-English scientific discussion about new technology that may bring us closer to understanding dinosaurs. Horner walks us through a complex discussion about DNA, bio-ethics and evolution with a peak into the science of today that could bring a 'dinosaur' into the lab.
The book is so well-done that even CBS' "60 Minutes" featured it on a recent broadcast regarding the concepts of bio-technology. In addition to the science discussed, the book (and broadcast) take us to the field and shows changes in paleo work as a result of these new theories about tissue recovery from mineral-hardened fossil bone.
Horner notes that DNA fiction produced the "Jurassic Park" books and movies, but is quick to add the new bio-science may get us closer to an evolutionay breakthrough which could show a great deal about dinosaur development (and extinction) while helping medical science.
This is a great read for any one who collects fossils, studies evolution and/or wonders out-loud about science on the cutting edge."
"Renowned paleontologist, Jack Horner, and James Gorman, deputy science editor of The New York Times, have written a profound book in How to Build A Dinosaur. Rather than zeroing in on ancient dinosaur DNA, Horner and his colleagues instead focus on evolutionary development, or "evo-devo", as they term it.
We know that the embryos of multiple creatures develop in a similar fashion, for a time featuring arm and beg buds as well as tails. Assuming that dinosaurs evolved in a similar manner, Jack Horner contends that it might be possible to reverse evolution from the embryo of a modern chicken. Such a massive step is controversial to be sure, but the benefits of manipulating genes at just the right point in development might very well assist us in resolving spinal chord problems and other birth defects in humans today.
Jack Horner cites to some of the great fossil discoveries of the past, as well as current research involving exploration of past life forms on a molecular level. This book is an excellent bridge between paleontology and cutting edge technology. How to Build A Dinosaur is the marriage of two types of investigations in our continual search for the answers to the questions of evolution, selection and the tantalizing prospect of some day generating a living, breathing dinosaur. Perhaps, in the process, we can learn a little more about our own development and our place in this ever changing world."
"Pretty good, though he wanders away from the subject sometimes, the majority of the time the information contributes to the understanding of the points covered in the book."
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