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Dinosaur Odyssey
Fossil Threads in the Web of Life

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Zusatztext "A great in-depth read for those seriously interested in the history of dinosaurs." Informationen zum Autor Scott D. Sampson is a dinosaur paleontologist! evolutionary biologist! and educator. He serves as Research Curator at the Utah Museum of Natural History and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah.  He now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where he continues dinosaur research and actively pursues writing and consulting projects surrounding education reform and sustainability. Klappentext "The best general-audience dinosaur book since the Dinosaur Renaissance began in the 1970s."-Philip J. Currie! coeditor of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs ! from the foreword " Dinosaur Odyssey is not only a personable and highly accessible tour of the up-to-date discoveries about the gigantic and famous. It also builds on dinosaur paleontology to far-ranging topics like extinction! climate change! and the possibility of life on Mars. The gift to the reader is both fascination and enlightenment."-Michael Novacek! author of Terra and Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs "An odyssey indeed! One of the world's leading dinosaur paleontologists! Sampson draws on a wide variety of sciences! from astronomy and cosmology to microbiology and ecology! in order to portray dinosaurs as living animals. The reader is in for a treat and will emerge with fresh and valuable insights."-Peter Dodson! author of The Horned Dinosaurs Zusammenfassung Gives an overview of dinosaurs and their world. This book places dinosaurs in an expansive web of relationships with other organisms and demonstrates how they provide a powerful lens through which to observe the entire natural world. It addresses topics such as extinction, global warming, and energy flow.

Détails du produit

Auteurs Scott D. Sampson, Scott Sampson, Sampson Scott D.
Collaboration Philip Currie (Préface)
Edition University Of California Press
 
Contenu Livre
Forme du produit Livre de poche
Date de parution 31.07.2011
Catégorie Sciences naturelles, médecine, it, technique
Littérature spécialisée > Nature, technique > Nature: général, ouvrages de référence
 
EAN 9780520269897
ISBN 978-0-520-26989-7
Nombre de pages 352
Dimensions (emballage) 18 x 26 x 2 cm
 
Thème University of California Press
Catégories NATURE / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
SCIENCE / Paleontology
Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world
Dinosaurs and the prehistoric world: general interest
 

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