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Robert T. Bakker

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in Bergen County, New Jersey, The United States

March 24, 1945

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Bakker was born in Bergen County, New Jersey. He attributes his interest in dinosaurs to his reading an article in the September 7, 1953 issue of Life magazine. He graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1963.
At Yale University, Bakker studied under John Ostrom, an early proponent of the new view of dinosaurs, and later gained a PhD at Harvard. He began by teaching anatomy at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and Earth and Space Sciences, where future artist Gregory S. Paul worked and collaborated informally under his guidance. Most of his field work has been done in Wyoming, especially at Como Bluff, but he has ranged as far as Mongolia and South Africa in pursuit of dinosaur habitats.

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	Raptor Red 3.96 avg rating — 9,695 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Dinosaur Debate: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction 4.23 avg rating — 2,236 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinosaurs! by Robert T. Bakker, Luís Rey (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raptor Pack (Step-into-Reading, Step 5) by Robert T. Bakker, Mike Skrepnick (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prehistoric Monsters! by Robert T. Bakker, Luis V. Rey (Illustrations) 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maximum Triceratops (Step-into-Reading, Step 5) 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dactyls! Dragons of the Air 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs by Robert T. Bakker, Luis V. Rey (Illustrations) 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dino Babies! by Robert T. Bakker, Luis V. Rey (Illustrator) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking The Mystery Of The Dinosaurs And Their Extinction by Robert T. Bakker, B/W Illustrations (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I love museums more than any other institution the human race has invented. Museum people are always overworked and underpaid, and they all deserve sainthood, every one.”
― Robert T. Bakker, The Great Dinosaur Debate: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction

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“The iguanodon has modest powers of self awareness. She feels happy and complacent and content. She feels efficient, in a vague "I'm doing what I should be doing and I'm doing it well" sort of way.”
― Robert T. Bakker, Raptor Red

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“Bones and rocks are eloquent storytellers, if you know how to listen to them.”
― Robert T. Bakker, Raptor Red

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