Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep - Couverture rigide

Everhart, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1426200854 ISBN 13 : 9781426200854

Editeur : National Geographic, 2007

Synopsis

More terrifying than anything known to humankind, it scarcely seems possible that these swift, massive underwater predators actually existed, but they did―and this is their frightening, fascinating, unforgettable story.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sharks and dinosaurs, dinosaurs and sharks, we find them both alien and awe-inspiring, at once utterly inhuman and somehow irresistibly compelling. But forget Jaws and Jurassic Park—nothing can prepare you for Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep, an amazing plunge into the Cretaceous oceans of 80 million years ago, a merciless realm ruled by the most ferocious animals ever to stalk the seas of planet Earth. More terrifying than anything known to humankind, it scarcely seems possible that these swift, massive underwater predators actually existed, but they did—and this is their frightening, fascinating, unforgettable story.

Featuring incredibly realistic computer-generated images and 3-D film clips—with 3-D glasses—field photography by National Geographic cameramen, and much more, the book interweaves dramatic scenes of the far, far distant past; up-to-the-minute scientific profiles of nearly two dozen sea monsters; and a group portrait of the eccentric Sternberg family, Kansas-bred pioneers of marine paleontology. From giant sharks and fierce reptiles to the fossil-hunters who proved that today's land-locked Great Plains were once submerged, to the cutting-edge Large Format Film technology that made Sea Monsters possible, this book and the movie behind it will forever change how we think about marine predators—and make us look at the oceans of our world with new eyes and a shivery mix of wonderment and ancient, instinctive fear.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Everhart, author of this book and lead consultant for the film, is former president of the Kansas Academy of Science and current editor of the academy journal. Since 1998 he has been curator of paleontology at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History and presently teaches the subject at the University of Kansas. He is also the author of Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Geographic
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1426200854
• ISBN 13: 9781426200854
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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