Assembling the Dinosaur
Lukas Rieppel talks about dinosaur fossils in the Gilded Age β from the discovery and excavation of fossils in the American West to the re-construction of fabulous creatures in museums that were the darlings of wealthy philanthropists. Rieppel is an assistant professor of history at Brown University. Heβs the author of Assembling the Dinosaur: Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle.
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