Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages

Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Random House Children's Books, 23. 10. 2007 - Počet stran: 432

An award-winning encyclopedia written for young people but perfect for all ages, written to help everyone understand and appreciate the mind-blowing variety of dinosaurs—packed with museum-quality illustrations and dubbed “the dinosaur bible” by fans!

“Anyone with even a passing interest in dinosaurs should not miss this journey into their diverse and strange world.”—Science
 
Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on dinosaurs, this award-winning title—honored by the National Science Teachers Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science—is an essential addition to any dinophile’s library, regardless of age! Using casual language aimed at non-scientists, it’s a guide to all aspects of dinosaur science: how we figure out what dinosaurs looked like, how they lived, how they evolved, how they continue to live among us as birds, and much, much more. 
 
Dinosaurs includes:
• brief entries on all 800+ “named” species of Mesozoic dinosaurs
• sidebars by world-famous paleontologists including Robert T. Bakker, Jack Horner, Mark Norell, Scott Sampson, and Philip Currie
• 428 pages of lavish illustrations
• supplemental chapter updates in the form of an exhaustive website maintained by the author
• a spectacular poster printed on the inside of the jacket
 
Perfect for children who are interested in dinosaurs (and adults who are still inquisitive kids at heart), Dinosaurs will educate and entertain for many, many hours!

Obsah

• History of Dinosaur Discoveries: 6
• How Old Is That Dinosaur and How Do We Know?: 23
• Why Do Dinosaurs Have Such Strange Names?: 41
• Evolution of the Vertebrates: 56
• Saurischians LizardHipped Dinosaurs: 69
• Spinosauroids Megalosaurs and the FinBacked FishEating Dinosaurs: 89
• Primitive Coelurosaurs The First Fluffy Dinosaurs: 109
• Ornithomimosaurs and Alvarezsaurs Ostrich and ThumbClawed Dinosaurs: 130
• Deinonychosaurs Raptor Dinosaurs: 151
• Prosauropods Primitive LongNecked PlantEating Dinosaurs: 175
• Diplodocoids WhipTailed Giant LongNecked Dinosaurs: 191
• Macronarians BigNosed Giant LongNecked Dinosaurs: 202
• Primitive Thyreophorans Early Armored Dinosaurs: 222
• Primitive Ornithopods Primitive Beaked Dinosaurs: 243
• Iguanodontians Advanced Beaked Dinosaurs: 251
• Hadrosauroids Duckbilled Dinosaurs: 259
• Pachycephalosaurs Domeheaded Dinosaurs: 269
• Primitive Ceratopsians Parrot and Frilled Dinosaurs: 277
• Ceratopsids Horned Dinosaurs: 285
• Dinosaur Eggs and Babies: 293
• How Did Dinosaurs Act and How Do We Know?: 303
• What the Bones Can Tell: 321
• Life in the Jurassic Period: 335
• South American Dinosaurs by Dr Rodolfo Coria: 354

O autorovi

Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. (self-proclaimed “King of the Dino Geeks”) is one of the world’s leading experts on tyrannosaurs. He is the faculty director of the science and global change program at the University of Maryland in College Park and a research associate in the department of paleobiology, Nation Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Luis V. Rey is the winner of the Lazendorf PaleoArt Award, the most prestigious international award recognizing achievement in paleontological scientific illustration. He lives in London, England.

Bibliografické údaje

• Název: Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages
• Autor: Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
• Ilustrace: Luis V. Rey
• Vydání: ilustrované vydání
• Vydavatel: Random House Children's Books, 2007
• ISBN: 0375824197, 9780375824197
• Délka: Počet stran: 432