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Dinosaurs by the Decades : A Chronology of the Dinosaur in Science and Popular Culture / Randy Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Randy, author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science in popular culture--Chronology.
- Science in popular culture.
- Dinosaurs--Miscellanea--Chronology.
- Dinosaurs.
- Dinosaurs in popular culture--Chronology.
- Dinosaurs in popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 473 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Greenwood, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- Providing an appealing chronology of "all things dinosaur," this book covers these ancient creatures' roles and surprising importance in science, religion, and society at large. This exhaustive, up-to-date book contains more than 2,000 entries about dinosaurs and dinosaur-related topics. It provides not only detailed information about their discovery, underlying science, and recent technologies and theories but also encompasses all of the facets of dinosaurs in society-for example, their use in consumer marketing and promotion, popularization of dinosaurs in the media, as "proof" for both evolutionists and creationists to substantiate their claims about life's origins, and as cultural artifacts. Organized chronologically, the book offers an informative and entertaining timeline of how dinosaurs have appeared in science, religion, and society since they were discovered in the 1800s, covering everything from dinosaur museum displays to how dinosaurs served advocates of young-Earth creationism. This fascinating work enables a broad appreciation for the surprising significance of dinosaurs in many aspects of our daily lives and modern society.
- Contents:
- Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Institutional Abbreviations, The Chronology, Appendix: The Geologic Timescale, Glossary, Bibliography, Index,
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400640735
- 9798216074632
- 9780313393648
- 0313393648
- OCLC:
- 890852025
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