Manning, Phillip Lars, 1967-
Grave secrets of dinosaurs : soft tissues and hard science / Phillip Manning. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008. - 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Death of a dinosaur -- Old fossils and new tails -- Mummy -- Dinosaur mummies -- Manchester in the Badlands -- Preparing the campaign -- Excavating a past world -- The chemistry of death -- Space shuttles, airplanes and dinosaurs -- The delicate molecule of life -- Reconstructing dinosaurs -- Making dinosaurs walk.
Describes archaeological digs which resulted in the finding of soft tissue fossils and dinosaur mummies and discusses how technology is used to figure out what dinosaurs looked like as well as what other knowledge has been gained from such rare discoveries.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources Young Adult
9781426202193 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781426203848 (pbk.) 1426202199 1426203845
2007042938
Dinosaurs.
Mummified animals.
Paleontology.
Dinosaurs.
Mummies.
Paleontology.
QE861.4 / .M34 2008
567.9
Grave secrets of dinosaurs : soft tissues and hard science / Phillip Manning. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008. - 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Death of a dinosaur -- Old fossils and new tails -- Mummy -- Dinosaur mummies -- Manchester in the Badlands -- Preparing the campaign -- Excavating a past world -- The chemistry of death -- Space shuttles, airplanes and dinosaurs -- The delicate molecule of life -- Reconstructing dinosaurs -- Making dinosaurs walk.
Describes archaeological digs which resulted in the finding of soft tissue fossils and dinosaur mummies and discusses how technology is used to figure out what dinosaurs looked like as well as what other knowledge has been gained from such rare discoveries.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources Young Adult
9781426202193 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781426203848 (pbk.) 1426202199 1426203845
2007042938
Dinosaurs.
Mummified animals.
Paleontology.
Dinosaurs.
Mummies.
Paleontology.
QE861.4 / .M34 2008
567.9