John "Jack" Horneris one of the world's foremost paleontologists,
credited with finding the first dinosaur eggs in the Western
Hemisphere, the first evidence of dinosaur colonial nesting, the
first evidence of parental care among dinosaurs, and the first
dinosaur embryos. He served as the inspiration for Paleontologist
Dr. Alan Grant in Michael Crichton'sJurassic Park,and as the
technical advisor on all of theJurassic Parkfilms. Horner is
Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman,
Montana, and Regents Professor of Paleontology at Montana State
University.
James Gorman is deputy science editor of the New York Times and
editor of its Science Times section.
A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year
“Horner is at his best: provocative yet firmly grounded in science…
His goal is to make people think about how evolution works, and by
extension, about our own origins.”—New Scientist
“Straight from the scientific frontier, Horner’s work should excite
anyone who’s dreamed of walking with dinosaurs.”—Booklist
“Scientists can finally begin to answer evolutionary questions that
have puzzled researchers for decades.”—Smithsonian
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