Preparing Dinosaurs The Work behind the Scenes

• Hoofdauteur: Wylie, Caitlin Donahue (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
• Reeks: The MIT Press
• Onderwerpen: Palaeontology; Bio-ethics; Museology & heritage studies; Philosophy of science; Museology and heritage studies
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An investigation of the work and workers in fossil preparation labs reveals the often unacknowledged creativity and problem-solving on which scientists rely. Those awe-inspiring dinosaur skeletons on display in museums do not spring fully assembled from the earth. Technicians known as preparators ha...