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  • ISBN:
    0452296013
  • ISBN-13:
    9780452296015
  • PUB. DATE:
    February 2010
  • PUBLISHER:
    Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution by Jack Horner, James Gorman

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A Tantalizing Eye Into the Pastby Koltar

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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...

A Fine Bookby Bookworm2440

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This book was very interesting, and taught me a lot of facts, but it didn't always stay on the main subject. This book tended to stray of track A LOT. And also, they don't even tell you the steps that they will use. It just moves on from describing one bodypart to another. But still, it taught me a lot more about dinosaurs than I ever knew.

Extremely thought provoking.by Anonymous

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A fantastic read, I would most certainly recommend it to anyone who is interested in biology, paleontology, evolution, or good science in general. I cannot wait to see what comes of the research mentioned here.


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How to Build a Dinosaur

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  • Pub. Date: February 2010
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Sales Rank: 255,814

Synopsis

A world-renowned paleontologist reveals groundbreaking science that trumps science fiction: how to grow a living dinosaur

Over a decade after Jurassic Park, Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are in the process of building the technology to create a real dinosaur.

Based on new research in evolutionary developmental biology on how a few select cells grow to create arms, legs, eyes, and brains that function together, Jack Horner takes the science a step further in a plan to "reverse evolution" and reveals the awesome, even frightening, power being acquired to recreate the prehistoric past. The key is the dinosaur's genetic code that lives on in modern birds- even chickens. From cutting-edge biology labs to field digs underneath the Montana sun, How to Build a Dinosaur explains and enlightens an awesome new science.

Biography

Jack Horner is regents professor of paleontology at Montana State University, and probably the best-known paleontologist in the world. He is the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" award and the author of several books on dinosaurs.

James Gorman is deputy science editor of The New York Times.