Book description
Praise for the first edition:
"A gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" -Science
"The amount of information in [these] pages is amazing. This
book should be on the shelves of dinosaur freaks as well as those who
need to know more about the paleobiology of extinct animals. It will
be an invaluable library reference." -American Reference Books Annual
"An excellent encyclopedia that serves as a nice bridge between
popular and scholarly dinosaur literature." -Library Journal
(starred review)
"Copiously illustrated and scrupulously up-to-date... the book
reveals dinos through the fractious fields that make a study of
them." -Publishers Weekly
"Stimulating armchair company for cold winter evenings.... Best
of all, the book treats dinosaurs as intellectual fun." -New Scientist
"The book is useful both as a reference and as a
browse-and-enjoy compendium." -Natural History
What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did
dinosaurs grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or
cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of
dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and
extinct vertebrates? What can the study of dinosaurs tell us about the
process of evolution? And why did typical dinosaurs become extinct?
All of these questions, and more, are addressed in the new, expanded,
second edition of The Complete Dinosaur. Written by many of the
world's leading experts on the "fearfully great" reptiles,
the book's 45 chapters cover what we have learned about dinosaurs,
from the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs to the most recent
controversies. Where scientific contention exists, the editors have
let the experts agree to disagree. Copiously illustrated and
accessible to all readers from the enthusiastic amateur to the most
learned professional paleontologist, The Complete Dinosaur is a feast
for serious dinosaur lovers everywhere.
"Copiously illustrated and scrupulously up-to-date... the
book reveals dinos through the fractious fields that make a study of
them." -Publishers Weekly, review of the first edition
M. K. Brett-Surman is Museum Specialist at the National Museum of
Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., is Senior Lecturer and Director, Earth, Life
and Time Program, Department of Geology, University of Maryland.
James O. Farlow is Professor of Geology at Indiana University-Purdue
University at Ft. Wayne.
