Tag Archives: Dr. Ogilvey

Asteroid strikes Earth? What a novel idea!

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Tom Hopp

I wrote about what it would be like to experience an asteroid impact firsthand, way back in 2000. Now, eerily, I seem to have had it just about right. Continue reading →

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Dr. Ogilvey’s Exaltation Theory

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Scientists need to get a new view of dinosaurs that includes thinking about the high end of their behavior, not just the usual lizard-like, low end ideas. Continue reading →

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Dinosaur Wars: Meet Dr. Ogilvey

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Tom Hopp

In Dinosaur Wars, the mentor figure is Dr. David Ogilvey, an old, owlish curmudgeon of a paleontologist who is studying dinosaurs on Kit Daniels’ ranch when the invasion begins. Like other mentors before him, Dr. O is possessed of certain sterling qualities that make him the go-to guy for both Kit and Chase Armstrong as they strive to survive and prevail against dinosaurian threats on all sides. Continue reading →

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