GREAT DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES by Darren Naish ( 9781408119068 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

GREAT DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES

By:

Darren Naish

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1408119064

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9781408119068

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

1 September, 2009

Pages:

192

Description:

This book is the first major volume to look at dinosaurs from a historical perspective: from the earliest scrappy finds and best guesses of the early 1800s to the spectacular key discoveries that changed people's minds and brought dinosaurs alive in the public consciousness.

Synopsis:

Books on dinosaurs have generally arranged them in terms of their classification or according to when they lived. This major new book looks at dinosaurs from a historical perspective, from the earliest scrappy finds and best guesses of the early 1800s to the spectacular key discoveries that changed people's minds and brought dinosaurs alive in the public consciousness. Key finds for each century are examined in chronological order, with information about the dinosaurs themselves interwoven with accounts of their actual discovery and the extraordinary scientists and explorers who found them. On this fascinating journey, we come back to the same sorts of dinosaurs more than once as new discoveries changed ideas on their appearance, biology or behaviour. The amazing new dicoveries in China and South America in the last few years are fully documented, as are the major new finds of the 21st century.

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180 photos and illustrations

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Imprint:

A & C Black Publishers Ltd

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