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Dinomania : why we love, fear and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs / Boria Sax.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sax, Boria, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dinosaurs.
- Dinosaurs--Social aspects--History.
- Dinosaurs in popular culture--History.
- Dinosaurs in popular culture.
- Dinosaurs in mass media--History.
- Dinosaurs in mass media.
- Paleontology--Social aspects--History.
- Paleontology.
- Social aspects.
- History.
- Dinosaurs--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- The story of our unlikely romance with the dinosaurs, from the finding of their enormous bones to the dinosaur theme parks of today.
- Contents:
- Dragon bones
- How dragons became dinosaurs
- Mister Big and Mister Fierce
- From the Crystal Palace to Jurassic Park
- The dinosaur renaissance
- The totem of modernity
- Extinction
- A dinocentric world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781789140040
- 1789140048
- OCLC:
- 1022513190
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