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One of Amazons Best Science Books of 2013A Hudson Booksellers Staff Pick for the Best Books of 2013One of Publishers Weeklys Top Ten Spring Science BooksSelected by Apples iBookstore as one of the best books of AprilA Bookshop Santa Cruz Staff PickDinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size, terrifying claws and teeth, and otherworldly abilities, occupy a sacred place in our childhoods. They loom over museum halls, thunder through movies, and are a fundamental part of our collective imagination. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek enriches the childlike sense of wonder these amazing creatures instill in us. Investigating the latest discoveries in paleontology, he breathes new life into old bones. Switek reunites us with these mysterious creatures as he visits desolate excavation sites and hallowed museum vaults, exploring everything from the sex life of Apatosaurus and T.
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Brian Switek has been a fossil fan since he was knee-high to a Stegosaurus. This natural history passion has led him to a career writing about lost worlds, from the critically-acclaimed books Written in Stone and My Beloved Brontosaurus to his National Geographic blog Laelaps. When not writing about fossils, Brian also joins museum and university field crews on paleontological expeditions around the American West. His next book, with artist Julius Csotonyi, is Prehistoric Predators, a children's book due in May of 2015.Brian's website: http://www.brianswitek.netLaelaps, at National Geographic: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/blog/laelaps/Follow Brian on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/paleoswitekFollow Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaelapsFollow Brian on GoodReads: http://www..com/author/show/3958757.Brian_Switek
