The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science

by Adrienne Mayor and Marc Aronson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426311087
• ISBN13: 9781426311086
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9