Boria Sax, Author of Dinomania

Boria Sax is an author and Adjunct Professor at Mercy College 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 referenced in this episode:

1. Dinomania: Why we love, fear, and are utterly enchanted by dinosaurs (2018), by Boria Sax;


2. Avian Illuminations: A cultural history of birds (2021), by Boria Sax;


3. Jurassic Park (1993) by Michael Crichton;


4. Jurassic Park (1993) by Steven Spielberg;


5. Weird Studies, a podcast by Phil Ford and JR Martel;


6. Audio files of dinosaur and other Jurassic sounds by The Natural History Museum, London.

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