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Dinosaurs (Collins Gem)

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Dinosaurs (Collins Gem)

Contributors:

By (Author) Douglas Palmer

ISBN:

9780007222537

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

Collins

Publication Date:

14th September 2006

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Popular science

Dewey:

567.9

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

184

Dimensions:

Width 89mm, Height 117mm, Spine 10mm

Weight:

110g

Description

An identification guide to the most important and best known dinosaurs
Do you know the difference between a Coelophysis and a Diplodocus How much larger than a human was a Spinosarus Is it likely that the Parasaurolophus made a sound like a trombone All these questions and many more are answered in Collins Gem Dinosaurs, a highly illustrated guide to the world's very wild life hundreds of millions of years ago.

A fully illustrated guide to the lost world of dinosaurs, the book provides descriptions of the most significant features and habits of these fascinating prehistoric reptiles, with profiles of nearly 70 dinosaurs which include in-depth looks at how dinosaurs lived, from keeping warm to moving about.

For each species information is given on

o What they ate
o How their size compares to ours
o How they behaved
o Where they lived

The book also includes explanations of what the dinosaur names mean and how to pronounce them.

Author Bio

Douglas Palmer is a freelance science writer who has written 10 books on prehistory and been a major contributor to another 6. They include works for both adults and children and range in subject matter from human evolution to dinosaurs. He teaches for Robinson College of Cambridge University on the Natural Science Tripos and is a lecturer for the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education. He was formerly a senior lecturer in Earth Sciences at Trinity College, Dublin and spent two years as an exhibition co-ordinator at the National Museum of Wales. He presently lives with his wife in Cambridge.

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