Dinosaur Odyssey: Fossil Threads in the Web of Life - Couverture souple

Sampson, Scott D.

 
9780520269897: Dinosaur Odyssey: Fossil Threads in the Web of Life
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0520269896 ISBN 13 : 9780520269897
Editeur : University of California Press, 2011

Synopsis

This captivating book, laced with evocative anecdotes from the field, gives the first holistic, up-to-date overview of dinosaurs and their world for a wide audience of readers. Situating these fascinating animals in a broad ecological and evolutionary context, leading dinosaur expert Scott D. Sampson fills us in on the exhilarating discoveries of the past twenty-five years, the most active period in the history of dinosaur paleontology, during which more "new" species were named than in all prior history. With these discoveries--and the most recent controversies--in mind, Sampson reconstructs the odyssey of the dinosaurs from their humble origins on the supercontinent Pangaea, to their reign as the largest animals the planet has ever known, and finally to their abrupt demise. Much more than the story of who ate whom way back when, Dinosaur Odyssey 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. Addressing topics such as extinction, global warming, and energy flow, Dinosaur Odyssey finds that the dinosaurs' story is, in fact, a major chapter in our own story.

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À propos de l?auteur

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.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520269896
ISBN 13 
9780520269897
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : University of California Press, 2009
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