The Scientific American book of dinosaurs
By: Gregory S. Paul, editor.
Contributors: Paul, Gregory S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Dinosaurs.
Other titles: Book of dinosaurs; Dinosaurs; Scientific American.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413).
"A Byron Preiss book."
Table of contents: title: A brief history of dinosaur paleontology / by Michael Benton; title: Digging them up / by Daniel J. Chure; title: Noses, lungs, and guts / by Guy Leahy; title: Dinosaur biomechanics / by Per Christiansen; title: Restoring the life appearances of dinosaurs ; A quick history of dinosaur art ; The art of Charles R. Knight / by Gregory S. Paul; title: Dinosaurs got hurt too / by Rebecca R. Hanna; title: Naming the dinosaurs / by George Olshevsky; title: Classification and evolution of the dinosaur groups / by Tom R. Holtz, Jr.; title: The flying dinosaurs / by Andrzej Elzanowski; title: Feathered dinosaurs / by Philip J. Currie; title: The origin of birds and their flight / by Kevin Padian and Luis M. Chiappe; title: The evolution of Mesozoic flora and fauna / by David Norman; title: Tracking dinosaur society / by James O. Farlow; title: Tracking a dinosaur attack / by David A. Thomas and James O. Farlow; title: Feeding adaptations in the dinosauria / by David Norman; title: Breathing life into Tryannosaurus Rex / by Gregory M. Erickson; title: The teeth of the Tyrannosaurs / by William L. Abler; title: Reproduction and parenting / by David J. Varricchio; title: Growth rates among the dinosaurs / by Kristina Curry Rogers; title: The thermodynamics of dinosaurs / by Reese Barrick; title: Australia's polar dinosaurs / by Thomas Hewitt Rich ... <et al.>; title: Dinosaur renaissance / by Robert Bakker; title: An extraterrestrial impact / by Walter Alvarez and Frank Asaro; title: A volcanic eruption / by Vincent E. Courtillot; title: The mass extinctions of the late Mesozoic / by Dale Russell; title: The Yucatan impact and related matters ; Hi-tech trends and robotic brains / by Gregory S. Paul.