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Dinosaurs: The Textbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Spencer George Lucas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 202431
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0072826959
Dewey Decimal Number: 567.9
EAN: 9780072826951
ASIN: 0072826959
Publication Date: October 6, 2005
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Dinosaurs: The Textbook is a monument to our present understanding of these wonderful creatures. It is a book that takes the student on a journey through nearly every aspect of dinosaur biology, geology, and the history of their discovery. The book presents facts together with current ideas, notions, and controversies. Dr. Lucas presents dinosaurs as successful, living creatures that were merely different in appearance from animals living today.. . pDr. Lucas has written a comprehensive book that is easily read and understood by students with little scientific background--a book that teaches students not only how to use scientific methods, but how to synthesize data to create their own ideas. In contrast with many dinosaur books from the past, Dr. Lucas, although indicating his own views, allows students the opportunity to think for themselves..
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 Excellent Introduction to the study of Dinosaurs October 1, 2008
Christopher E. Naujok (Hudson, WI United States)
This book is a basic introduction to the study of dinosaurs. It briefly covers the history of paleontology in general and of dinosaur paleontology specifically. The reader will learn what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur, and why other reptiles aren't. It covers the major divisions of dinosaurs with brief descriptions of all of the large subgroups. If you're looking for a book that will get you beyond general audience level without requiring years of other studies to understand, this will be a good choice.
 Excellent for non-science majors May 22, 2008
A. Yonan
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I teach a course about Dinosaur biology at a local community college and this textbook is exactly what we need for this type of course. This text allows me to teach science to students who think that science is boring or too hard. Although I have added a lot of scientific thinking on top of this text, the book itself does introduce students to thinking like a scientist by presenting both sides of an argument - for example what caused Dinosaurs to go extinct. The text allows me to teach both sides, all the facts behind each, and to allow the students to draw their own conclusions.
 Poorly written October 9, 2007
Michael A. Scarpitti (Columbus, Ohio USA)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Dr. Lucas's text book on dinosaurs is hopelessly muddled and poorly br /written. He cannot decide what his audience is or needs. He alternates br /between positions and is often vague in his statements. He cannot br /decide whether he's writing historically or analytically, for adults, br /for children, or for scientists. The result is garbage. Where was the br /editor?
Dinosaurs the textbook August 23, 2001
Fay Simms (Oklahoma)
21 out of 25 found this review helpful
I have used two editions of this book as one of the texts for a general vertebrate paleontology course. The class, organismic biology majors, with some secondary science, PE., elementary education and geography majors, liked the clear writing, statement of objectives, and reviews of each chapter. Diagrams were also clear. It perhaps needs more background on plate tectonics, stratigraphy/sedimentation and extinction/bird origins.
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