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The Making of a Paleontologist!:

Entertaining snapshots of the author's worldwide journeys in search of bones, rocks, and all that other stuff of the dinosaur business. Growing up within shouting distance of Los Angeles's La Brea tar pits, Novacek (Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, 1996), now curator of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, got bitten early by the dinosaur bug. In the late '60s, rather than follow the other members of his rock band to Woodstock, he signed on to a fossil-finding expedition with UCLA... more info

Thrilling Account of Fossil Hunter:

After reading Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs (Dr. Novacek's vivid account of his Mongolian expeditions), I was eager for more. Happily, Time Traveler does not disappoint and I devoured every page of this exuberant romp through the world of fossil hunting. Follow Novacek around the globe as he escapes a cave full of poisonous snakes, gets dragged over rugged mountains by a skittish horse, attends a rather curious party in the middle of Yemen, and, oh yeah, finds some incredible fossils along the way. His... more info

A life in the field...:

Michael Novacek must be a very interesting person, judging from "Time Traveller," which he describes as "a book not about a life, but about a life in the field." Starting from his childhood in California, he relates the story of his start as a young paleontologist (moving from a background as an indifferent student and an unsuccessful rock musician) working in the American West and Baja California. Most of the digs take place in unpleasant locations, fraught with heat, scorpions and dreadful food. As he... more info

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