Dr. Dean Lomax

We can look at getting you affiliated with the University of Manchester.

So they got me involved there.

And right off the bat, they said, there's also the prospect of doing a master's degree without having done an undergrad.

And they said, it's quite rare, but we're willing to support you.

And so I ended up doing a master's in paleontology and then subsequently did my PhD without ever doing an undergraduate degree.

She did, yeah.

And I always find it tough to talk about mum as well.

She was an incredible person.

And throughout my life, she's just been so supportive and sacrificed.

so much for me and my brother and sister and such a huge influence on me and such a massive supporter.

Yeah, it was about four years to do that.

And it was a massive challenge.

When I eventually submitted the final manuscript, I feel like I think I probably was burnt out and passed out for a week, if I remember rightly.

But it was...

a book that was done to kind of bridge the gap between academia and the general public.

So it wasn't an academic textbook, but more of like that general public kind of book.

So Slash and I have corresponded for probably four or five years over social media.

He's a huge fan of dinosaurs and paleontology.

So, yeah, he and I had exchanged a bunch of messages.

And I just so happened to say, you know, we're looking for people to endorse the book.