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Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliff

Author : Michael Novacek
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307790590

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Over the past six years Michael Novacek, the Provost of Science at the American Museum of Natural History, has led a team of international scientists to the Gobi Desert on the greatest dinosaur expedition of the late 20th century. Closed to the West since the 1920's, the remote sands of Mongolia's Gobi Desert constitute the richest fossil site in the world. In Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, Novacek invites the reader along with his team as he recounts the day-to-day drama of field exploration and discusses the remarkable discoveries that he and his colleagues unearthed, fossil finds that have helped to reshape our understanding of the dinosaur and early mammal era. Interweaving the adventure of field research with chapters that bring the reader up to date on contemporary dinosaur theory and science, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs brings the excitement of scientific discovery to life.

Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs

Author : Michael J. Novacek
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:49015002634997

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Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs by Michael J. Novacek Pdf

Over the past six years, Michael Novacek, Dean of Science at the American Museum of Natural History, has led a team of international scientists to Mongolia's Gobi Desert on the greatest dinosaur expedition of the late twentieth century. Closed to the West since the 1920s and opened only to Michael Novacek's team, the remote sands of the Gobi Desert constitute the richest fossil site in the world. In "Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, Novacek takes the reader along with his team as he re-creates the day-to-day drama of field exploration over the last six years and recounts the remarkable discoveries that he and his colleagues unearthed. Following early years of relative disappointment, in 1993 the expedition discovered the richest Cretaceous dinosaur site ever found, excavating fossils that have helped to reshape our understanding of the dinosaur and early mammal era. Interweaving the adventure of field research with chapters that offer in depth discussions on contemporary dinosaur research and science, "Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs makes for the best kind of science--an engrossing narrative that brings compellingly to life the thrill and excitement of scientific discovery.

Time Traveler

Author : Michael Novacek
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429935739

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Hunting for fossils with a preeminent guide and teacher Michael Novacek, a world-renowned paleontologist who has discovered important fossils on virtually every continent, is an authority on patterns of evolution and on the relationships among extinct and extant organisms. Time Traveler is his captivating account of how his boyhood enthusiasm for dinosaurs became a lifelong commitment to vanguard science. He takes us with him as he discovers fossils in his own backyard in Los Angeles, then goes looking for them in the high Andes, the black volcanic mountains of Yemen, and the incredibly rich fossil badlands of the Gobi desert. Wherever Novacek goes he searches for still undiscovered evidence of what life was like on Earth millions of years ago. Along the way he has almost drowned, been stung by deadly scorpions, been held at gunpoint by a renegade army, and nearly choked in raging dust storms. Fieldwork is very demanding in a host of unusual, dramatic, sometimes hilarious ways, and Novacek writes of its alluring perils with affection and discernment. But Time Traveler also makes sense of many complex themes - about dinosaur evolution, continental drift, mass extinctions, new methods for understanding ancient environments, and the evolutionary secrets of DNA in fossil organisms. It is also an enthralling adventure story.

All About Dinosaurs

Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547191070

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All About Dinosaurs by Roy Chapman Andrews Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "All About Dinosaurs" by Roy Chapman Andrews. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Under A Lucky Star

Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789125856

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Under A Lucky Star by Roy Chapman Andrews Pdf

All the world knows that Roy Chapman Andrews is the discoverer of the dinosaur Eggs, for these small and fragile relics of an inconceivably remote past fired the public’s imagination and were the sensation of their day. These eggs, however, were only an incident, and by no means the most important incident, in a rich, exciting, and valuable career. Now Andrews looks back over that life, weighs the relative importance of its many chapters, relives the finest moments, and regards with wonder the chance and good fortune that shaped his way. The author’s position as a naturalist is almost unique in that he was both a field operation and museum man, both an explorer and an administrator. His book, thus, is only in part concerned with the many voyages—landmarks of scientific history—that began with the first scientific study of the whale and culminated in the great forays into the forbidding Gobi region in quest of the birthplace of mammal life. Andrews has been on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History for almost all his adult life, and he records fascinating glimpses of the adventures and discoveries that take place behind the doors marked “private”. A man who attempts expeditions on the grand scale, moreover, must be a financier, a field marshal, and at times a diplomat of no mean subtlety. Andrews played all those roles with gusto, and recalls here the outstanding exploits. And the author is not a specialist whose vision is confined to bones and carcasses and show cases. He was for many years a leading figure in the hectic international society of the Orient, and he gives unforgettable pictures of life in Yokohama, Singapore, Tokyo, Port Said, Peking, and other storied cities of the East. Andrews believes he was born under a lucky star. The reader will decide that he hitched his wagon to it and had the courage to hang on. It is an enviable life he has led; it makes wonderfully engrossing reading.

Gobi

Author : John Man
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0300076096

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Gobi by John Man Pdf

In intelligent, jargon-free prose, the author takes readers on a colorful tour of the Gobi Desert, from its natural wonders to its conflicts with society. Illustrations.

Magical History Tour Vol. 15

Author : Fabrice Erre
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781545814390

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Magical History Tour Vol. 15 by Fabrice Erre Pdf

Join modern-day siblings Annie and Nico as they learn about dinosaurs, extinction, and the people who discovered the dino bones. Featuring jokes, brief historical bios, a timeline of events, and more in this educational and entertaining middle grade graphic novel – perfect for reluctant readers!

Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young

Author : Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Dinosaurs
ISBN : 9780395913383

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Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Pdf

Discusses how recent archaeological finds show that dinosaurs protected and cared for their young.

The Great Dinosaur Hunters and Their Discoveries

Author : Edwin Harris Colbert
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0486247015

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The Great Dinosaur Hunters and Their Discoveries by Edwin Harris Colbert Pdf

A survey of the noted paleontologists who have uncovered and studied dinosaur fossils including information on their findings

Dinosaur Odyssey

Author : Scott D. Sampson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520269897

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Dinosaur Odyssey by Scott D. Sampson Pdf

"The best general-audience dinosaur book since the Dinosaur Renaissance began in the 1970s."—Philip J. Currie, coeditor of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, from the foreword “Dinosaur Odyssey is not only a personable and highly accessible tour of the up-to-date discoveries about the gigantic and famous. It also builds on dinosaur paleontology to far-ranging topics like extinction, climate change, and the possibility of life on Mars. The gift to the reader is both fascination and enlightenment.”—Michael Novacek, author of Terra and Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs "An odyssey indeed! One of the world's leading dinosaur paleontologists, Sampson draws on a wide variety of sciences, from astronomy and cosmology to microbiology and ecology, in order to portray dinosaurs as living animals. The reader is in for a treat and will emerge with fresh and valuable insights."—Peter Dodson, author of The Horned Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1560062533

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Dinosaurs by Don Nardo Pdf

Discusses what is known, and what we speculate, about dinosaurs. Dispels popular misconceptions while presenting the discoveries and theories of scientists.

Men and Dinosaurs

Author : Edwin Harris Colbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Dinosaurs
ISBN : UOM:39015004621838

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Men and Dinosaurs by Edwin Harris Colbert Pdf

A survey of the noted paleontologists who have uncovered and studied dinosaur fossils including information on their findings.

Danger in the Desert

Author : Roger Cohen
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Dinosaurs
ISBN : 1402757069

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Danger in the Desert by Roger Cohen Pdf

Looks at the journeys of Roy Chapman Andrews who, in the early twentieth-century, led countless expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History in search of dinosaur fossils, facing dangers such as pythons, wild dogs, marauding bandits, sandstorms, and corrupt officials.

Discovering Dinosaurs

Author : Mark Norell,Eugene S. Gaffney,Lowell Dingus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520225015

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Discovering Dinosaurs by Mark Norell,Eugene S. Gaffney,Lowell Dingus Pdf

Explains the evolutionary relationship of dinosaurs, answers fifty specific questions about them, profiles forty-one specimens, and describes six expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History.

Hell Creek, Montana

Author : Dr. Lowell Dingus
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250092526

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Hell Creek, Montana by Dr. Lowell Dingus Pdf

"Given its wide range, this book should attract readers of history and lovers of the American West in addition to dinosaur junkies. " - Publishers Weekly Hell Creek, Montana, is one of the most windswept, hardscrabble locales in the American West-a quiet town of ranchers, farmers, and others who seek the beauty of the open spaces. It is also the unlikely setting of some of the most fascinating events in the history of the United States and North America. From the first-ever discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex to Lewis and Clark's landmark expedition; from the Freeman compound standoff to Sitting Bull and Little Big Horn, Hell Creek has been a central player in the events of the last two hundred years-and the last 200 million. Now, with grace and quiet wit, renowned paleontologist and writer Lowell Dingus takes us on a tour of this desolate, beautiful, out-of-the-way place and illuminates its inhabitants, geology, paleontology, and surprising place in history. Nature lovers, dinosaur buffs, and people fascinated with the turbulent history--both ancient and modern--of the American West will find much to delight them in this journey to Hell Creek.