Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs [Hardcover]

Dr. David Norman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 12, 1988

More than seven hundred illustrations, drawings, photographs, and diagrams, mostly in full-color, accompany an informative text that discusses the lives of sixty-eight of the best-known dinosaurs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (December 12, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517468905
• ISBN-13: 978-0517468906
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,475,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for those older than 4.5 billion years old, December 13, 1998

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This review is from: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: An Original and Compelling Insight into Life in the Dinosaur Kingdom (Hardcover)

If you are looking for dinosaurs, dinosaurs, and more dinosaurs, this is the place to look. This book has the most important information about well known dinosaurs including T-Rex and Velociraptor, to minors such as Stenonychosaurus and Opisthocoelicaudia, accompanied by lovely drawings and painting by leading Paloeillustrator John Sibbick with a smattering of the history of Paleontology, it's innovators and their theories. A good reference for the professional as well as the beginner. Highly Recommended

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars amazing, April 22, 2000

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This review is from: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs (Hardcover)

It is a shame that this book is not available now. Although it was written in 1988 and thus it is not up-to-date with the discoveries of the past 12 years this book is still an amazing read. What is written in it is still valid and gives readers a fascinating visual tour of the long-disappeared world. I hope there will be a reprint and maybe also an addendum focusing on new discoveries.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended by paleontologists!, August 17, 2007

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This review is from: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs (Hardcover)

My son (13) and I went on a dinosaur dig this last summer. I asked the a professor and some of the regulars on the dig what they would recommend as a book for my son. They all agreed that this was one of the best. It also helped identifying some of the bones we were finding! I really hope they reprint and update this book with the new information that is available, it is a real treasure.