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Author:   Allen A. Debus
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9780786499519

ISBN 10:   0786499516
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   21 June 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword by J.D. Lees Introduction: ­Pop-Cultural Evolution of the Prehistoric ­Dino-Monster: Meaning and Metaphor Part I. Perpetuating the Life Through Geological Time Paradigm One. Sir Humphry Davy’s Volcanic Considerations of Life Through Geological Time Two. Popularizing the ­Life-Through-Time “Paleo-Novel” Three. Henry Robert Knipe: A Forgotten ­Paleo-Popularizer Four. Dinosaur Extinctions I: When a “dinosaur book” Isn’t: Henry Fairfield Osborn’s Origin and Evolution of Life (1917) Five. Filmic Illustrations of Life Through Geological Time Six. Lovecraft’s Paleontological Time Travels Part II. Doomsday Dinosaurs Seven. Dinosaur Extinctions II: Volcanoes Presage Environmental Apocalypse Eight. Sizing up Radiation’s Unnatural Cold War Dangers Nine. Nuclear Dragon: Godzilla and the Cold War—1954 Ten. Godzilla’s Dinosaurian Origins Eleven. Oxygen Destroyers: When Oceans Die Twelve. “After and Before”: Gorgo’s Alternate Adventures Thirteen. Prehistoric Life Spawns an Environmental Movement Fourteen. Beyond the Smog Monster: Godzilla in the Anthropocene Part III. Man and Dinosaur as One Fifteen. Decade of the Dinosaur Sixteen. Dinosaur Extinctions III: Warning from Space! Science Fiction Becomes Scientific Seventeen. Shadow of Our Past: Evolution of the Beast Eighteen. That First Intelligence Nineteen. When Dinosauroids Speak! Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Highly readable prose.... Debus is a master at bringing together both the scientific and cultural aspects of dinosaurs, and this book will be warmly received by anyone with an enduring fascination with the prehistoric 'terrible lizards' Highly recommended -- Choice Choice highly readable prose.... Debus is a master at bringing together both the scientific and cultural aspects of dinosaurs, and this book will be warmly received by anyone with an enduring fascination with the prehistoric 'terrible lizards.' Highly recommended --Choice; Debus has built a reputation as a superbly informed critical thinker, and this new book showcases his abilities admirably --G-Fan; a lot to read and enjoy --Prehistoric Times; a lot of detail and information... Not only will you come away with insight into dinosaurs in pop culture, but also a bit of world history as well --Mad Scientist.

Highly readable prose.... Debus is a master at bringing together both the scientific and cultural aspects of dinosaurs, and this book will be warmly received by anyone with an enduring fascination with the prehistoric 'terrible lizards' Highly recommended -- Choice Choice

highly readable prose.... Debus is a master at bringing together both the scientific and cultural aspects of dinosaurs, and this book will be warmly received by anyone with an enduring fascination with the prehistoric 'terrible lizards.' Highly recommended --Choice; Debus has built a reputation as a superbly informed critical thinker, and this new book showcases his abilities admirably --G-Fan; a lot to read and enjoy --Prehistoric Times; a lot of detail and information... Not only will you come away with insight into dinosaurs in pop culture, but also a bit of world history as well --Mad Scientist; if you are interested in the history of dinosaurs in popular culture, Debus is an author you simply cannot ignore...Debus does a huge service to those who work in the history of science --H-Net Reviews.

highly readable prose.... Debus is a master at bringing together both the scientific and cultural aspects of dinosaurs, and this book will be warmly received by anyone with an enduring fascination with the prehistoric 'terrible lizards.' Highly recommended --Choice; Debus has built a reputation as a superbly informed critical thinker, and this new book showcases his abilities admirably --G-Fan; a lot to read and enjoy --Prehistoric Times.

highly readable prose.... Debus is a master at bringing together both the scientific and cultural aspects of dinosaurs, and this book will be warmly received by anyone with an enduring fascination with the prehistoric 'terrible lizards.' Highly recommended --<i>Choice</i>; Debus has built a reputation as a superbly informed critical thinker, and this new book showcases his abilities admirably --<i>G-Fan</i>; a lot to read and enjoy --<i>Prehistoric Times</i>.

Author Information

Allen A. Debus, a retired environmental chemist, has long been infatuated with dinosaurs, paleontology, science fiction, Godzilla and King Kong. He has written several books addressing prehistoric creatures—both real and fictional—in popular culture, and attends Chicagoland’s Wizard World and G-Fest. He is a member of the G-Fan Hall of Fame and lives in Hanover Park, Illinois.

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