Stars: 2
Review by: MandyApgar
While a brilliant man, Horner's books always seem very dry to me. One of the main inspirations for the lead paleontologist character in Jurassic Park, Horner has been studying dinosaurs for decades. In this he recounts how interwoven his work has become with other fields since the book and film solidly brought to mind the possibility of genetically engineering a dinosaur. Along with geneticists, molecular biologists, and the like, he examines the processes behind gene therapy and engineering not only to dinosaurs, but also how such work can impact our species as well. Although we could not come up with a T-rex directly now with the state of things, there are some who could give attributes of the carnivore to its modern day relatives - chickens. Hence the title, giving new rise to the dinosaurs from manipulation of their descendants. But, like I said, he writes in a very dry manner, which may I think put off persons who do not already have some knowledge of the subject. Interesting at times, but it may be too heavy handed for armchair scientists looking for a good read.
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