The Griffin and the Dinosaur How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science |
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| Author:
| Aronson, Marc
Mayor, Adrienne |
| Illustrator:
| Muller, Chris |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4263-1109-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2014 |
| Publisher: | National Geographic Society
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $27.90 |
Book Description:
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Could Griffins have been real? When Adrienne Mayor carefully read the ancient Greek and Roman descriptions, this mythic hybrid of a lion and an eaglenbsp;sounded like something people had actually seen. What could explain that evidence? After a decade of hunting through myths, poring over old maps, and tracingnbsp;the discoveries of modern dinosaur hunters, she found the answer: awesome dinosaur fossils observed by ancient gold-hunters in the Gobi desert. Here is thenbsp;story of one...
More DescriptionCould Griffins have been real? When Adrienne Mayor carefully read the ancient Greek and Roman descriptions, this mythic hybrid of a lion and an eaglenbsp;sounded like something people had actually seen. What could explain that evidence? After a decade of hunting through myths, poring over old maps, and tracingnbsp;the discoveries of modern dinosaur hunters, she found the answer: awesome dinosaur fossils observed by ancient gold-hunters in the Gobi desert. Here is thenbsp;story of one insightful, curious, and determined woman who solved the mystery of the Griffin, and invented a new science. Now she and others travel the worldnbsp;matching myths and fossils.