Michael J. Benton

The Dinosaurs Rediscovered

How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History

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Produktbeschreibung

à â Ë If you want to know how we know what we know about dinosaurs, read this book!à â â Steve Brusatte

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780500295533
• ISBN-10: 0500295530
• Artikelnr.: 57928226

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Benton is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and head of the Palaeobiology Research Group at the University of Bristol, which was identified by the Center for World University Rankings as the top palaeontology research group in the world. He has written more than fifty books, including the standard textbooks in palaeontology and When Life Nearly Died, also published by Thames & Hudson. Benton regularly offers media comment on new dinosaur discoveries.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Origin of the Dinosaurs
2. Making the Tree
3. Digging Up Dinosaurs 4. Breathing
Brains
Behaviour
5. Jurassic Park
6. From Baby to Giant
7. How Did They Eat?
8. How Did They Move and Run?
9. Mass Extinction
10. Afterword