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  • When the Asteroid Hits
    Allen A. Debus
    The incomprehensible notion of a very large chunk of ice or rock from outer space smashing into the Earth has only become mainstream within the past two centuries. Though early writers imagined the utterly fantastic consequences of comet collisions and speculated on the devastation they might wreak, it was not until the 1980s when scientists finally resolved that dinosaurs w...
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    73,46 €

  • Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth
    Allen A. Debus
    During the 2010s, science fiction’s immortal adversaries King Kong and Godzilla, representing our conflicts per Carl Sagan’s 'dream dragons' analogy, made comebacks in American cinema. The blockbuster Kaiju resurged onto the screen, depicting these protectors of an Earth plagued by mankind’s hubris and folly. With Earth’s future hanging in the balance, their climactic 2021 s...
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    57,32 €

  • Dinosaurs Ever Evolving
    Allen A. Debus
    From their discovery in the 19th century to the dawn of the Nuclear Age, dinosaurs were seen in popular culture as ambassadors of the geological past and as icons of the 'life through time' narrative of evolution. They took on a more foreboding character during the Cold War, serving as a warning to mankind with the advent of the hydrogen bomb. As fears of human extinction es...
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    51,66 €

  • Dinosaur Sculpting
    Allen A. Debus / Bob Morales / Diane E. Debus
    This new book, greatly expanded from the 1995 first edition, describes detailed, step-by-step procedures for sculpting, molding and painting original prehistoric animals. It emphasizes the use of relatively inexpensive materials including oven-hardening polymer clay and wire. Additional tips are offered on how to build distinctive dino-dioramas and scenes involving one’s own...
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    73,37 €

  • Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction
    Allen A. Debus
    From the first illustrated edition of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1867, dinosaurs and prehistory have fascinated readers. Writers would time and again come back to dinosaurs as an element of fantastic fiction, often using these creatures--through the venue of the written word--to reflect the world of the writers’ own time. This literary survey exami...
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    43,96 €

  • Prehistoric Monsters
    Allen A Debus / Allen A. Debus
    Over centuries, discoveries of fossil bones spawned legends of monsters such as giants and dragons. As the field of earth sciences matured during the 19th century, early fossilists gained understanding of prehistoric creatures such as Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. This historical study examines how these genuine beasts morphed in the public imagination into myt...
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    42,38 €

  • Man and Nature in the Renaissance
    A. G. Debus / AGDebus / Allen G. Debus / Allen GDebus
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    25,17 €