Screen LibraryThe griffin and the dinosaur : how Adrienne Mayor discovered a fascinating link between myth and science /
Traces the research scientist co-author's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure.
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National Geographic,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Traces the research scientist co-author's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure. Could Griffins have been real? When Adrienne Mayor carefully read the ancient Greek and Roman descriptions, this mythic hybrid of a lion and an eagle sounded like something people had actually seen. What could explain that evidence? After a decade of hunting through myths, poring over old maps, and tracing the discoveries of modern dinosaur hunters, she found the answer: awesome dinosaur fossils observed by ancient gold-hunters in the Gobi desert. Here is the story of one insightful, curious, and determined woman who solved the mystery of the Griffin, and invented a new science. Now she and others travel the world matching myths and fossils. |
| Carrier Form: | 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Audience: |
1140L Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 2 (easy) |
| Awards: | Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 Award, 2015 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781426311086 1426311087 9781426311093 1426311095 |
| Index Number: | GR830 |
| CLC: |
Q915.864-49 B932-49 |
| Call Number: | B932-49/A769 |
| Contents: | Prairie girl -- The sound of heat -- Sketching griffins -- The cyclops and the griffin pup -- Nomads and gold -- The secret of the flaming cliffs -- Battlefield of the gods -- Stories, stories, everywhere. |