The griffin and the dinosaur : how Adrienne Mayor discovered a fascinating link between myth and science
(2014)
By:
Aronson, Marc
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/398.245/ARONSON,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2014]
DESCRIPTION
47 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781426311086, 9781426311093, 1426311095 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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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