Dinosaurs: The Textbook - Softcover

Lucas, Spencer George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072826959 ISBN 13: 9780072826951

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

Dinosaurs: The Textbook is a monument to our present understanding of these wonderful creatures. It is a book that takes the student on a journey through nearly every aspect of dinosaur biology, geology, and the history of their discovery. The book presents facts together with current ideas, notions, and controversies. Dr. Lucas presents dinosaurs as successful, living creatures that were merely different in appearance from animals living today.

Dr. Lucas has written a comprehensive book that is easily read and understood by students with little scientific background--a book that teaches students not only how to use scientific methods, but how to synthesize data to create their own ideas. In contrast with many dinosaur books from the past, Dr. Lucas, although indicating his own views, allows students the opportunity to think for themselves.

About this title

From the Publisher:

New and expanded art program. New color photos and illustrations have been added to the text.
The previous chapter 12, Dinosaur Hunters, has been moved to chapter 2. The intent is that students will find this topic interesting and will help get them excited about the course and retain their interest. The history of the discovery of dinosaurs is full of adventure. Fantastic discoveries, exotic places, physical hardships, danger, and dynamic personalities are just some of the elements of this history. Sometimes it is easy to lose sight of the fact that what we know about dinosaurs is the result of nearly two centuries of collecting dinosaur fossils by amateurs and professionals worldwide. It is their discoveries, beginning in the 1820s, that have shaped scientific views about dinosaurs.
The text has been updated with new and revised theories in the study of dinosaurs.
A new section has been added on continental drift.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072826959
• ISBN 13: 9780072826951
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 304