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Robert T. Bakker

ロバート・T・バッカー　/　ろばーと・T・ばっかー

American paleontologist

March 24, 1945 (age 81)　・　Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey
paleontologist
novelist
university teacher

My Take

Robert T. Bakker delights the kid in me like few scientists can. A Harvard-trained paleontologist who also writes novels and paints, he refused to stay in a single lane. His real legacy is intellectual courage: he helped overturn the tired notion of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded reptiles, arguing instead that many were warm-blooded and dynamic. Scientists willing to pick a fight with received wisdom are, to me, the genuine article. Anyone who grew up imagining dinosaurs as fast, vivid, living animals owes a debt to him. I love that he treats knowledge as romance, and that enthusiasm is, frankly, contagious.

Overview

Robert Thomas Bakker (born March 24, 1945) is an American paleontologist who helped reshape modern theories about dinosaurs, particularly by adding support to the theory that some dinosaurs were endothermic (warm-blooded).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Robert T. Bakker
Name (Japanese): ロバート・T・バッカー
Reading: ろばーと・T・ばっかー
Born: March 24, 1945 (age 81)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rooster
Origin: Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: paleontologist / novelist / university teacher / painter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Ridgewood High School
University: Harvard University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BBT%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC

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