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Episode 1: Boria Sax, Author of Dinomania

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March 31, 2022
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By Triassic Travis

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Boria Sax is an author and academic whose work focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural world. He joins Fossils and Fiction for a discussion about his book Dinomania: Why we love, fear, and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Dinomania: Why we love, fear, and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs (2018), by Boria Sax
    • Avian Illuminations: A cultural history of birds (2021), by Boria Sax
    • Jurassic Park (1993) by Michael Crichton
    • Jurassic Park (1993) by Steven Spielberg
    • Weird Studies, a podcast by Phil Ford and JR Martel
    • Audio files of dinosaur and other Jurassic sounds by The Natural History Museum, London

View episode transcript.

ArchaeopteryxAvian IlluminationsBrontosauruschildrenDinomaniaDiplodocusextinctionField MuseumIguanodonJurassic ParkJurassic WorldMegalosaurusNatural History MuseumnatureSpinosaurusSteven SpielbergTriceratopsTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus imperatorTyrannosaurus reginaTyrannosaurus rexWeird Studies

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