{"product_id":"9781491807088","title":"Re-Creating the Cretaceous: A Tale of Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003e     HERE IS THE STORY HOLLYWOOD     \u003cbr\u003e     DOES NOT WANT YOU TO READ! \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Throughout the 1970’s and 80’s, the United States and other nations conducted numerous scientific experiments intent upon recovering and then replicating     the DNA genomes of animals whose lives had been extinct for a period of over tens of thousands up to several millions of years. With no guidelines to     follow and, even worse, no external monitoring, many formerly extinct life forms were eventually cloned and successfully re-created, but with deadly and     destructive results. Most of the nations involved in such devastating experiments, including the United States, promptly responded by enacting highly     controversial laws prohibiting both the research into replicating the DNA and the revival of such extinct creatures. While some nations reacted by passing     bans on such research for twenty-five to fifty years, the United States enacted a ban of only twenty years, due to expire on January 1st, 2015. Other     nations, including many third world countries, openly resisted the pressure put upon them by the larger nations and opted out of enacting any type of     restrictions.     \u003cbr\u003e     Sensing a shift in popular opinion during the two years preceding the expiration of the ban, the United States Congress began to conduct numerous hearings     on the matter, including collecting the testimony of nearly one hundred fifty of the nation’s most prominent geneticists and scholars. Among the group     invited to testify before Congress was Nicholas P. Heinz III, a thirty-two year old paleogeneticist and chairman of the highly esteemed research firm,     “BioGen,” BioGenetics International Technologies, LLC, in Cupertino, California. One of the last witnesses called to testify, Heinz had hoped his     impassioned testimony and detailed documentation of the myriad benefits derived from DNA genome research would help to continue the momentum gained from     earlier witnesses and would sway the Congress into letting the ban expire without being renewed. From Kurt M. V. Rich, the author of the critically     acclaimed historical novel 'Chasing the Golden Hoard: The Story of the Lydian Hoard,' 'Re-Creating the Cretaceous' invites you to investigate the story of     scientific wonders intermingled with greed, arrogance, subterfuge, and a quest for power far beyond the imagination of Hollywood. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174403981552,"sku":"9781491807088","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491807088_p0.jpg?v=1763660245","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491807088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}