The World of Dinosaurs: An Exciting Guide to Prehistoric Creatures, With 350 Fabulous Detailed Drawings of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Beasts and the Places They Lived - Couverture souple

Dixon, Dougal

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ISBN 10 : 0857236148 ISBN 13 : 9780857236142

Editeur : Hermes House, 2013

Synopsis

This is an essential introduction to the age of the dinosaurs, featuring a directory of more than fifty of the most important prehistoric creatures. It covers all the well-known dinosaur discoveries from North America, South America, China, Mongolia, Europe, South Africa, Egypt and Morocco are here, including Allosaurus, Spinosaurus, Oviraptor, Tyrannosaurus, Diplodocus, Iguanodon, Stegosaurus and Chasmosaurus. It explores how dinosaurs lived, moved, hunted, socialized and raised their young, and offers a full explanation of the theories surrounding their extinction. It is written by expert palaeontologist Dougal Dixon, whose other books include After Man, The New Dinosaurs and The Children's Giant Book of Dinosaurs. For 180 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earth, evolving to become some of the largest and deadliest creatures our planet has ever known. This fascinating volume contains profiles of fifty of the best-known dinosaurs, detailing the body shape, size and lifestyle of each one, the period of time in which it existed and where fossil records have been found. The animals are shown in detailed illustrations based upon the latest scientific understanding. This lively book will appeal to anyone who is fascinated by the amazing world of the dinosaurs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dougal Dixon was born in Scotland and later graduated from The University of St Andrews with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970 and a Master of Science degree in 1972. He began his career as a geological consultant for a publishing company in 1973, nurturing a special interest in fossils and evolution. He is now a full-time writer specializing in earth sciences and has written many children's books and encyclopedia with a special interest in dinosaurs. He has made several television appearances and acted as a consultant and animator for video programmes about dinosaurs. As a practical geologist, he was involved in excavating a dinosaur-rich site in Jurassic rocks at Durlston on the Dorset coast in 1987, and he took part in the 1995 Open University/Earthwatch expedition to Askja Caldera in central Iceland. As part of his research he has visited many of the classic dinosaur sites - especially in Germany, in Belgium and in China - and has has worked during three field seasons on a Stegosaurus excavation in Montana. Dougal was presented with the Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellencein Educational Journalism by The Educational Press Association of America in 1993, the Helen Roney Sattler Award in 1993, The Children's Book Council 1994 Outstanding Trade Science Book Award, and The Times Educational Supplement Primary Schoolbook Award in 1996. In the same year he was appointed as a trustee of the Dinosaur Society, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hermes House
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857236148
• ISBN 13: 9780857236142
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible