{"product_id":"the-evolution-and-extinction-of-the-dinosaurs-hardback-9780521811729","title":"The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (Hardback) 9780521811729","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a comprehensive 2005 book is simply the best textbook on dinosaurs available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid E. Fastovsky (Author), David B. Weishampel (Author), John Sibbick (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521811729, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 February 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages, 250 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e26 x 21.7 x 3.1 cm, 1.376 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'One of the real strong features of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs are its line drawings by John Sibbick, one of the foremost dinosaur illustrators who excels here as a textbook illustrator as well. … a great achievement by the authors and a substantial improvement over the first edition. It must have been a real challenge to write an update of this rapidly moving field, but the book very well manages to convey the excitement of the ongoing research on dinosaurs.' Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 2005 edition of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs is a unique, comprehensive treatment of this fascinating group of organisms. It is a detailed survey of dinosaur origins, their diversity, and their eventual extinction. The book can easily be used as a teaching textbook for a class, but it is also written as a series of readable, entertaining essays covering important and timely topics appealing to non-specialists and all dinosaur enthusiasts: birds as 'living dinosaurs', the new feathered dinosaurs from China, 'warm-bloodedness'. Along the way, the reader learns about dinosaur functional morphology, physiology, and systematics using cladistic methodology -  in short, how professional paleontologists and dinosaur experts go about their work, and why they find it so rewarding. The book is spectacularly illustrated by John Sibbick, a world-famous illustrator of dinosaurs, commissioned exclusively for this book.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Back to the past: the Mesozoic era\u003cbr\u003e 3. Discovering order in the natural world\u003cbr\u003e 4. Interrelationships of vertebrates\u003cbr\u003e 5. The origin of Dinosauria\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Ornithischia: Armored, Horned, and Duck-Billed Dinosaurs: 6. Stegosauria: hot plates\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ankylosauria: mas and gas\u003cbr\u003e 8. Pachycephalosauria: ramroads of the Cretaceous\u003cbr\u003e 9. Ceratopsia: horns and all the frills\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ornithopoda: the tuskers, antelopes, and 'mighty ducks' of the Mesozoic\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Saurischia: Predators and Giants: 11. Sauropodomorpha: the big, the bizarre, and the majestic\u003cbr\u003e 12. Theropoda I: nature red in tooth and claw\u003cbr\u003e 13. Theropoda II: the origin of birds\u003cbr\u003e 14. Theropoda III: the early evolution of birds\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Endothermy, Environments, and Extinction: 15. Dinosaur thermoregulation: some like it hot\u003cbr\u003e 16. Patterns in dinosaur evolution\u003cbr\u003e 17. Reconstructing extinctions: the art of science\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction: the frill is gone\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Subject index\u003cbr\u003e Generic index\u003cbr\u003e Author index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e], Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978349502744,"sku":"9780521811729","price":59.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521811729i_803b6d69-860e-4f09-bf46-547cb44097dd.jpg?v=1691368306","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-evolution-and-extinction-of-the-dinosaurs-hardback-9780521811729","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}