An illuminating and entertaining collection of dinosaur facts, from A
to Z
Dinopedia is an illustrated, pocket-friendly encyclopedia of all
things dinosaurian. Featuring dozens of entries on topics ranging from
hadrosaur nesting colonies to modern fossil hunters and paleontologists
such as Halszka Osmólska and Paul Sereno, this amazing A-Z compendium is
brimming with facts about these thrilling, complex, and sophisticated
animals.
Almost everything we know about dinosaurs has changed in recent decades.
A scientific revolution, kick-started in the late 1960s by astounding
new discoveries and a succession of new ideas, has shown that these
magnificent creatures were marvels of evolution that surpassed modern
reptiles and mammals in size, athletic abilities, and more. Darren Naish
sheds invaluable light on our current, fast-changing understanding of
dinosaur diversity and evolutionary history, and discusses the cultural
impacts of dinosaurs through books, magazines, and movies. Naish also
shows how our emerging view of these animals is very much a human story
about ambition and competing egos, revealing that controversy and
disagreement are commonplace in the vigorous field of dinosaur studies.
With a wealth of original illustrations by the author, Dinopedia is an
informative and entertaining collection of lore for the dinosaur lover
in all of us.
- Features a real cloth cover with an elaborate foil-stamped design