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The Essential Handbook for Travelers in the Mesozoic Henry Gee, Illustrated by Luis V. Rey - All books by this author This beautifully produced and illustrated volume is the result of sophisticated scientific research. However, it has been written in clear laymen’s language for nonscientists who have serious interest in paleontology. Author Henry Gee provides naturalists’ notes on more than 50 different dinosaur species. His information is supplemented with dramatic, anatomically accurate full-color illustrations of each dinosaur. Material in this book is based on findings of dinosaur remains in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Antarctica, and is divided according to time periods: Triassic, Jurassic, Early- and Mid-Cretaceous, and Late Cretaceous. At-a-glance icons convey key information about each animal, listing the following basic details:
Table of Contents:
Triassic Period Coelophysis Eoraptor Herrerasaurus Liliensternus Plateosaurus Isanosaurus Jurassic Period Cryolophosaurus Massospondylus Allosaurus Diplodocus Ornitholestes Ceratosaurus Stegosaurus Archaeopteryx Compsognathus Scelidosaurus Brachiosaurus Tuojiangosaurus Yangchuanosaurus Mamenchisaurus Early and Midcretaceous Period Acrocanthosaurus Deinonychus Zuniceratops Amargasaurus Giganotosaurus Baryonyx Eotyrannus Hypsilophodon Iguanodon Scipionyx Carcharodontosaurus Ouranosaurus Spinosaurus Suchomimus Beipiaosaurus Microraptor Psittacosaurus Sinovenator Sinornithosaurus Minmi Muttaburrasaurus Late Cretaceous Period Edmontonia Pachycephalosaurus Triceratops Tyrannosaurus Carnotaurus Saltasaurus Masiakasaurus Rapetosaurus Charonosaurus Deinocheirus Gallimimus Oviraptor Therizinosaurus Shuvuuia Protoceratops Velociraptor Glossary Index Credits Henry Gee is a paleontologist and a senior editor of Nature, a major weekly science journal. He is also author of In Search of Deep Time, published by Cornell University Press. About the Illustrator: Luis V. Rey is one of the most highly respected dinosaur artists working today. His images are based on rigorous anatomical study, which keeps him in demand by many leading dinosaur experts. From the Reviews: “[An] extensive, well-written introduction … Rey offers a host of small black-and-white sketches and vividly dramatic, brilliantly colored paintings … Handsome and engrossing, this book should have a large appreciative audience…” —Patricia Manning, School Library Journal, October 2003 “If readers miss paleontologist Gee’s introduction, they might assume all the information in this impressive volume is true. As it happens, the book is a fascinating mix of fact and fiction, introducing dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. The layout and design of the book are reminiscent of a field guide to birds. That’s a particularly fitting comparison because one of Gee’s goals is to present the fact and speculation related to the idea that birds evolved directly from dinosaurs. A brief but detailed introduction to the field of paleontology and a look at competing theories about dinosaurs are followed by profiles of dinosaur species. Accompanying the text (and frequently overwhelming it) are stunning color illustrations by a professional dinosaur artist. Rey depicts the prehistoric creatures as ferocious and birdlike, with beaks, feathers, and wings. The fascinating, attractively designed and beautifully illustrated book is sure to pique imaginations.” — Ed Sullivan, Booklist, August 1, 2003 Issue "'THIS is a work of fiction,' says the introduction, but author Henry Gee and artist Luis Rey didn't make all of it up. They began with the facts known from dinosaur fossils, then extrapolated other details that aren't evident from the bones. In one sense, that's not a dramatic step beyond painting colour portraits of dinosaurs, since fossils preserve no clue of colour. Yet it is also a daring move because the casual reader won't know immediately what is based on solid science and what comes from the fertile imaginations of Gee and Rey. Your best bet is to relax and enjoy A Field Guide to Dinosaurs in the playful spirit the authors intended. To portray dinosaurs as living creatures, they have to describe behaviour and other traits that simply do not fossilise. They fill the knowledge gap by borrowing real behaviours from living animals. Makers of popular documentaries do much the same thing, but they generally do not warn viewers. Rey's brightly coloured, fluffy-feathered dinosaurs may look strange at first, until you realise that his models are their closest living kin - birds. Like modern bird artists, he favours the flashy parrots over the drab sparrows. Traditional dinosaur art shows the beasts in profile, but Rey brings their faces up front, so readers get a lunch's-eye view of the fierce Tyrannosaurus rex, the giant plant-eating Diplodocus, and dozens of others. The paintings are remarkably up to date. All that is missing are the flight feathers on the legs and arms of Microraptor, reported only after the book went to press. Great fun for dinophiles." —The New Scientist, March 2003 “Dinophiles will enjoy this excursion into a vividly illustrated possible past world.” —Publisher's Weekly, 2003 “… excellently illustrated color pages …“ —Science Books & Films, October 2003 (0764155113) Hardcover w/ jacket / 144 Pages / 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 / 2003 | ||
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