RNDr. Vladimír Socha (born 1 January 1982 in

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) is a

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writer, publisher, public lecturer and science promoter from the city of

(north-eastern

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). His main interest lies in

dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

and the

history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...

in general. So far, he published fifteen books about dinosaurs and primeval life in

, six smaller brochures (booklets) and many magazine articles about

nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. ...

, history and

prehistory Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

. In 2009 he volunteered in the summer paleontological field dig in the

Hell Creek formation The Hell Creek Formation is an intensively studied division of mostly Upper Cretaceous and some lower Paleocene rocks in North America, named for exposures studied along Hell Creek, near Jordan, Montana. The formation stretches over portions of ...

in eastern

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(for the ''

Museum of the Rockies Museum of the Rockies is a museum in Bozeman, Montana. Originally affiliated with Montana State University in Bozeman, and now also, the Smithsonian Institution, the museum is largely known for its paleontological collections. The Museum houses ...

'' in

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). A year later, he published a book about the experience called ''Dinosauři od Pekelného potoka'' ( Dinosaurs from the Hell Creek). He also provides interviews for the

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and sometimes organises

paleoart Paleoart (also spelled palaeoart, paleo-art, or paleo art) is any original artistic work that attempts to depict prehistoric life according to scientific evidence. Works of paleoart may be representations of fossil remains or imagined depiction ...

exhibitions. Vladimir Socha 2015

Published book titles

* (''Magnificent World of Dinosaurs''), Triton, 2009 (2nd edition 2012) * (''Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs in the Light of new Discoveries''), Libri, 2010 * (''Dinosaurs from the

Hell Creek The Hell Creek Formation is an intensively studied division of mostly Upper Cretaceous and some lower Paleocene rocks in North America, named for exposures studied along Hell Creek, near Jordan, Montana. The formation stretches over portions of ...

''), Motto, 2010 * (''In the Footsteps of Dinosaurs''), Triton, 2011 * (''Strange Dragons'', brochure), Triton, 2013 * (''Discoveries under the Layers of Time''), Computer Press, 2014 * (''Prehistory of the Czech Lands'', brochure), Triton, 2015 * (''Prehistoric Rulers of the Skies'', brochure), Triton, 2015 * (''Unknown Dinosaurs''), Mladá fronta, 2015 * ('' The Last Days of Dinosaurs''), Radioservis, 2016 * (''Dinosaur Record Holders'', brochure), Triton, 2016 * (''Dinosaurs in the Czech Republic''), Vyšehrad, 2017 * (''A Trip to the Universe''), Triton, 2017 * ("The Great Extinction at the end of the Cretaceous"), Pavel Mervart, 2017 * (''The Last Day of the Mesozoic''), Vyšehrad, 2018 * (''New journey to prehistory''), CPress, 2019 * ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''A legend named

Tyrannosaurus rex ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosaurus'' live ...

''), Pavel Mervart, 2019 * (''Dinosaurs'') (small book/booklet), Bylo nebylo, 2019 * (''Monsters of the primeval seas'', brochure), Triton, 2019 * ("Prehistoric rulers of Europe"), Kazda. 2020 * (''Dinosaurs - Records and Curiosities''), Kazda 2021 U kostry karnotaura

References

External links

Personal blog of Vladimír Socha (in Czech)

Short biography in english (personal blog)

Profile on the ''Wild Prehistory'' website (in Czech)

Articles of V. Socha on the ''Osel.cz'' website (in Czech)

Interview with Vladimír Socha on website ''iDnes.cz'' (in Czech)

Interview with Vladimír Socha for a Czech television (ČT24, in Czech)

Vladimír Socha's lecture about dinosaur extinction, Brno Planetarium, October 27th, 2016 (in Czech)
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