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最先端の恐竜研究の紹介から、テレビや映画などで描かれる恐竜まで、恐竜に関するあらゆるテーマを多数の図版をまじえて詳述。
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恐竜の発見から恐竜の時代、研究、生物学、進化、恐竜とメディアまで、各分野の専門家が解説。恐竜に関するあらゆるテーマを網羅し、豊富な図や写真を掲載した恐竜学の本。専門用語は最小限にとどめ読みやすさを考慮。 --このテキストは、 大型本 版に関連付けられています。

The 40-plus chapters in The Complete Dinosaur range from raw, cutting-edge science that drips with original data to surveys of the history of dinosaur collecting that are suitable for even the most jargon-shy readers. Editors James O. Farlow and M. K. Brett-Surman admit that they were "teenage geeks who loved the movies of Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, and Jim Danforth, and the novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Rice Burroughs," and they do not neglect their roots. There are chapters covering all the hot topics of contemporary dinosaur research, including footprints, metabolism, and meteor strikes; there is also a section on determining how many lawyers you need to feed a captive Tyrannosaurus rex. It's a remarkable fusion between scientific research--warts, conflicts, and all--and public understanding.

While the inhabitants of the lost world have long held sway over our imaginations, in recent years dinosaur science has experienced an explosive growth. More books on dinosaurs have been published in the past decade than in all the previous 150 years since Richard Owen named these "fearfully great lizards," and dinosaur research continues to make headlines. Reporting the latest discoveries and research, this book is an exuberant celebration of dinosaurs and of our ongoing fascination with them. Here, in one volume, is the single, most-authoritative account of dinosaur paleontology for the general reader, illustrated with 350 drawings and black-and-white photos and 16 pages of color plates.

More than 350 illustrations, including 16 pages in full color Each chapter written by an expert in dinosaur studies Includes the latest dinosaur discoveries New information on the warm-blooded/cold-blooded debate New insights on the possibility of isolating dinosaur DNA What dinosaurs ate--and how we know about it Dinosaurs in the media A time-line of the history of dinosaur science And much, much more!

"... stimulating armchair company for cold winter evenings ... Best of all, the book treats dinosaurs as intellectual fun. What other book asks whether Tyrannosaurus rex was warm or cold-blooded by recalling a scene from Jurassic Park and then calculating how many lawyesr it would take to feed a predator with each type of metabolism?" --New Scientist " ... a gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts ... a highly successful volume." --Science "The book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium ..." --Natural History "The amount of information in just 750 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 "... copiously illustrated and scrupulously up-to-date ... the book reveals dinos through the fractious fields that make a study of them." --Publishers Weekly

James O. Farlow, Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, has written about dinosaurs in numerous scientific articles as well as in books aimed at children and young adults. He has appeared on a number of popular television programs about dinosaurs, often as an expert on dinosaur tracks. His research interests include dinosaur paleobiology and ichnology.

M.K. Brett-Surmann, Assistant Professorial Lecturer in Geology at George Washington University and Museum Specialist at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, has named three new duckbill dinosaurs--Anatotitan, Gilmoreosaurus, and Secernosaurus. He has served as a consultant to paleoartists, publishers, and television producers, and has appeared in videos and on radio. His picture was "secretly" featured in the book Dinotopia--The Lost World.

小畠 郁生
1929年福岡県に生まれる。1956年九州大学大学院(理学研究科)博士課程中退、国立科学博物館地学研究部長、大阪学院大学国際学部教授を経て。現在国立科学博物館名誉館員・理学博士。著書に『白亜紀の自然史』(東京大学出版会)『恐竜はなぜ滅んだか』(岩波ジュニア新書)『恐竜学』(編著;東京大学出版会)『古生物百科事典』(監訳;朝倉書店)『図解世界の化石大百科』(監訳;河出書房新社)ほか多数(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです) --このテキストは、 大型本 版に関連付けられています。