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Book

Why dinosaurs matter

Call Number

  • 567.9 L145 (CEN)

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Edition

First TED Books hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York : TED Books, Simon & Schuster, [2017]

Physical Description

169 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm

Summary

"What can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth. By tapping into the ubiquitous wonder that dinosaurs inspire, Lacovara weaves together the stories of our geological awakening, of humanity's epic struggle to understand the nature of deep time, the meaning of fossils, and our own place on the vast and bountiful tree of life."--Amazon.com.

Contents

  • In defense of dinosaurs
  • Is a penguin a dinosaur?
  • Walking Museum of Natural History
  • Fossils underfoot
  • Deep time
  • Thunderclaps
  • Making sense of monsters
  • The King
  • Champions
  • Dreadnoughtus
  • Dinosaur apocalypse
  • Why dinosaurs matter.

Subjects

Added Authors

Mike Lemanski