Author: Frances Freedman
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836812770
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Spine title: Pachycephalosaurus. Introduces a plant-eating dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago.
Looking At-- Pachycephalosaurus
Author: Frances Freedman
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836812770
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Spine title: Pachycephalosaurus. Introduces a plant-eating dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836812770
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Spine title: Pachycephalosaurus. Introduces a plant-eating dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago.
Rock, Bone, and Ruin
Author: Adrian Currie
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262037262
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past. The “historical sciences”—geology, paleontology, and archaeology—have made extraordinary progress in advancing our understanding of the deep past. How has this been possible, given that the evidence they have to work with offers mere traces of the past? In Rock, Bone, and Ruin, Adrian Currie explains that these scientists are “methodological omnivores,” with a variety of strategies and techniques at their disposal, and that this gives us every reason to be optimistic about their capacity to uncover truths about prehistory. Creative and opportunistic paleontologists, for example, discovered and described a new species of prehistoric duck-billed platypus from a single fossilized tooth. Examining the complex reasoning processes of historical science, Currie also considers philosophical and scientific reflection on the relationship between past and present, the nature of evidence, contingency, and scientific progress. Currie draws on varied examples from across the historical sciences, from Mayan ritual sacrifice to giant Mesozoic fleas to Mars's mysterious watery past, to develop an account of the nature of, and resources available to, historical science. He presents two major case studies: the emerging explanation of sauropod size, and the “snowball earth” hypothesis that accounts for signs of glaciation in Neoproterozoic tropics. He develops the Ripple Model of Evidence to analyze “unlucky circumstances” in scientific investigation; examines and refutes arguments for pessimism about the capacity of the historical sciences, defending the role of analogy and arguing that simulations have an experiment-like function. Currie argues for a creative, open-ended approach, “empirically grounded” speculation.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262037262
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past. The “historical sciences”—geology, paleontology, and archaeology—have made extraordinary progress in advancing our understanding of the deep past. How has this been possible, given that the evidence they have to work with offers mere traces of the past? In Rock, Bone, and Ruin, Adrian Currie explains that these scientists are “methodological omnivores,” with a variety of strategies and techniques at their disposal, and that this gives us every reason to be optimistic about their capacity to uncover truths about prehistory. Creative and opportunistic paleontologists, for example, discovered and described a new species of prehistoric duck-billed platypus from a single fossilized tooth. Examining the complex reasoning processes of historical science, Currie also considers philosophical and scientific reflection on the relationship between past and present, the nature of evidence, contingency, and scientific progress. Currie draws on varied examples from across the historical sciences, from Mayan ritual sacrifice to giant Mesozoic fleas to Mars's mysterious watery past, to develop an account of the nature of, and resources available to, historical science. He presents two major case studies: the emerging explanation of sauropod size, and the “snowball earth” hypothesis that accounts for signs of glaciation in Neoproterozoic tropics. He develops the Ripple Model of Evidence to analyze “unlucky circumstances” in scientific investigation; examines and refutes arguments for pessimism about the capacity of the historical sciences, defending the role of analogy and arguing that simulations have an experiment-like function. Currie argues for a creative, open-ended approach, “empirically grounded” speculation.
The Dinosaur Awards
Author: Barbara Taylor
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
ISBN: 0711256373
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Celebrate 50 of the most dynamic dinosaurs with this incredible compendium, illustrated by Stephen Collins. In the Dinosaur Awards, prehistoric creatures big and small are awarded prizes to celebrate their most dazzling talents and unusual skills.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
ISBN: 0711256373
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Celebrate 50 of the most dynamic dinosaurs with this incredible compendium, illustrated by Stephen Collins. In the Dinosaur Awards, prehistoric creatures big and small are awarded prizes to celebrate their most dazzling talents and unusual skills.
Ranger Rick's Dinosaur Book
Author: Victor H. Waldrop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780912186542
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Text and illustrations present the physical characteristics, habits, and changing natural environment of the various kinds of dinosaurs that roamed the earth more than sixty-five million years ago.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780912186542
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Text and illustrations present the physical characteristics, habits, and changing natural environment of the various kinds of dinosaurs that roamed the earth more than sixty-five million years ago.
The Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs
Author: Mary Elting
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780307155672
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of dinosaurs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780307155672
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of dinosaurs.
Why Dinosaurs Matter
Author: Kenneth Lacovara
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501120107
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
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. Go on a journey––back to when dinosaurs ruled the Earth––to discover how dinosaurs achieved feats unparalleled by any other group of animals. Learn the secrets of how paleontologists find fossils, and explore quirky, but profound questions, such as: Is a penguin a dinosaur? And, how are the tiny arms of T. rex the key to its power and ferocity? In this revealing book, Lacovara offers the latest ideas about the shocking and calamitous death of the dinosaurs and ties their vulnerabilities to our own. Why Dinosaurs Matter is compelling and engaging—a great reminder that our place on this planet is both precarious and potentially fleeting. “As we move into an uncertain environmental future, it has never been more important to understand the past.”
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501120107
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
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. Go on a journey––back to when dinosaurs ruled the Earth––to discover how dinosaurs achieved feats unparalleled by any other group of animals. Learn the secrets of how paleontologists find fossils, and explore quirky, but profound questions, such as: Is a penguin a dinosaur? And, how are the tiny arms of T. rex the key to its power and ferocity? In this revealing book, Lacovara offers the latest ideas about the shocking and calamitous death of the dinosaurs and ties their vulnerabilities to our own. Why Dinosaurs Matter is compelling and engaging—a great reminder that our place on this planet is both precarious and potentially fleeting. “As we move into an uncertain environmental future, it has never been more important to understand the past.”
Let's Look at Dinosaurs
Author: Frances Barry
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780763653545
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Through large flaps and fold-outs, a question-and-answer narrative, and facts on each spread, readers learn how dinosaurs were born, what they ate, how they defended themselves, what sounds they made, how they lived, and what remains of them today.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780763653545
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Through large flaps and fold-outs, a question-and-answer narrative, and facts on each spread, readers learn how dinosaurs were born, what they ate, how they defended themselves, what sounds they made, how they lived, and what remains of them today.
Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The Sainsbury's Book of Dinosaurs
Author: Rupert Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780744510676
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780744510676
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Looking At-- Muttaburrasaurus
Author: Tamara Green
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836813463
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
This book introduces Muttaburrasaurus, a large, plant-eating dinosaur.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836813463
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
This book introduces Muttaburrasaurus, a large, plant-eating dinosaur.