＜p＞＜strong＞A Hudson Booksellers Staff Pick for the Best Books of 2013＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞One of ＜em＞Publishers Weekly＜/em＞'s Top Ten Spring Science Books＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞A Bookshop Santa Cruz Staff Pick＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size, terrifying claws and teeth, and otherworldly abilities, occupy a sacred place in our childhoods. They loom over museum halls, thunder through movies, and are a fundamental part of our collective imagination. In ＜em＞My Beloved Brontosaurus＜/em＞, the dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek enriches the childlike sense of wonder these amazing creatures instill in us. Investigating the latest discoveries in paleontology, he breathes new life into old bones.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Switek reunites us with these mysterious creatures as he visits desolate excavation sites and hallowed museum vaults, exploring everything from the sex life of ＜em＞Apatosaurus＜/em＞ and ＜em＞T. rex＜/em＞'s feather-laden body to just why dinosaurs vanished. (And of course, on his journey, he celebrates the book's titular hero, "＜em＞Brontosaurus＜/em＞"ーwho suffered a second extinction when we learned he never existed at allーas a symbol of scientific progress.)＜/p＞ ＜p＞With infectious enthusiasm, Switek questions what we've long held to be true about these beasts, weaving in stories from his obsession with dinosaurs, which started when he was just knee-high to a ＜em＞Stegosaurus＜/em＞. Endearing, surprising, and essential to our understanding of our own evolution and our place on Earth, ＜em＞My Beloved Brontosaurus＜/em＞ is a book that dinosaur fans and anyone interested in scientific progress will cherish for years to come.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。

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