Dinosaurs: The Textbook - Brossura

Lucas, Spencer George

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ISBN 10: 0072826959 ISBN 13: 9780072826951

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Riassunto

Dinosaurs: The Textbook is a monument to our present understanding of these wonderful creatures. It is a book that takes the student on a journey through nearly every aspect of dinosaur biology, geology, and the history of their discovery. The book presents facts together with current ideas, notions, and controversies. Dr. Lucas presents dinosaurs as successful, living creatures that were merely different in appearance from animals living today.

Dr. Lucas has written a comprehensive book that is easily read and understood by students with little scientific background--a book that teaches students not only how to use scientific methods, but how to synthesize data to create their own ideas. In contrast with many dinosaur books from the past, Dr. Lucas, although indicating his own views, allows students the opportunity to think for themselves.

Su questo libro

Contenuti:

A Dinosaur Dictionary

1 Dinosaur Hunters

2 Evolution, Phylogeny, and Classification

3 Fossils, Sedimentary Environments, and Geologic Time

4 The Origin of Dinosaurs

5 Theropods

6 Sauropodomorphs

7 Ornithopods

8 Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs

9 Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs

10 The Dinosaurian World

11 Dinosaur Trace Fossils

12 Dinosaur Biology and Behavior

13 Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs?

14 The Origin of Birds

15 Dinosaur Extinction

16 Dinosaurs in the Public Eye

Appendix A Primer of Dinosaur Anatomy

Product Description:

Book by Lucas Spencer George

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072826959
• ISBN 13: 9780072826951
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 280