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Barnum Brown
Lowell Dingus
Mark Norell
其他書名
The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus rex
出版
Univ of California Press
, 2011-12-27
主題
Science / Paleontology
Science / Earth Sciences / Geology
ISBN
0520272617
9780520272613
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=j8rsDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
From his stunning discovery of
Tyrannosaurus rex
one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873–1963), spending most of it searching for fossils—and sometimes oil—in every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during the middle of the twentieth century, Brown—who lived fast, dressed to the nines, gambled, drank, smoked, and was known as a ladies’ man—became as legendary as the dinosaurs he uncovered.
Barnum Brown
brushes off the loose sediment to reveal the man behind the legend. Drawing on Brown’s field correspondence and unpublished notes, and on the writings of his daughter and his two wives, it discloses for the first time details about his life and travels—from his youth on the western frontier to his spying for the U.S. government under cover of his expeditions. This absorbing biography also takes full measure of Brown’s extensive scientific accomplishments, making it the definitive account of the life and times of a singular man and a superlative fossil hunter.