Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore
Hardcover
- Price:
- $16.95/£10.99
- ISBN:
- Published (US):
- Nov 30, 2021
- Published (UK):
- Oct 5, 2021
- Copyright:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 216
- Size:
- 4.5 x 7 in.
- 50 b/w illus.
- Main_subject:
- Princeton Nature
ebook
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 cloth cover with an elaborate foil-stamped design
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Awards and Recognition
- One of American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021