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Prehistoric Life: The Rise of the Vertebrates 5 reviews David Norman
MacMillan Publishing Company, 1994
truly outstanding book on all aspects of life on earth
+ It's Just Outsanding! + It is a pleasure to read!!! + Textbook thorough and excellent general reference. + Very thorough.
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The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science 8 reviews Mark Jaffe
Crown, 2000
There's nothing like a good rivalry
+ Great Read, Bad Binding + Grammar cost it a star, but very good otherwise
The heart of the book is the war of words between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh. These two men were the top paleontologists of their day and were among the first scientists to do serious scientific studies in the American West, they also hated each other. The accouts of their expiditions in the 1860's ...
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When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey 1 review William B. Gallagher
Rutgers University Press, 1997
A well conceived and thoroughly enjoyable book.
This book, by one of the most pre-eminent scholors in the field of paleontology, is not only accurate and thoroughly thought out, but is enjoyable to boot. It is a "must read" for anybody interested in paleontology; especially if they are from the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Giants Land,sea & Air 6 reviews David Peters
Random House Children's Books, 1986
Please put out a new edition for the sake of our children
+ Amazing book!!!! + All People Should Own This Book! + An excellent book on ancient life forms + Giants of Land, Sea & Air - Past & Present
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The Ultimate Dinosaur: Past, Present, and Future 4 reviews BYRON PREISS, Robert Silverberg
Bantam, 1992
what a value!
+ The Untimate Dinosaur
big names in science and sf coupled with top paleoartists!
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T. rex and the Crater of Doom 36 reviews Walter Alvarez
Princeton University Press, 1997
Fascinating
+ Yucatan + Fabulous + This subject isn't written in stone - yet + This is the one that started it all...
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Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide 6 reviews Gregory S. Paul
Simon & Schuster, 1988
A modern classic
+ Great book ! + Predatory Dinosaurs of the World + One of the greatest dinosaur-dinosaur art books existence + good
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The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction 40 reviews Robert T. Bakker
William Morrow & Company, 1986
Astonishing dinosaurs
+ Non Fiction + Bakker assumed everything before it was discovered, and now he's right....... + Great book from a major player. + Dinosaurs the greatest evolutionary success story
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The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals: A Visual Who's Who of ... 2 reviews Dougal Dixon, Barry Cox, ...
Macmillan General Reference, 1993
Very interesting reading
+ informative; makes an interesting coffee table book too :-)
Tracing the history of vertebrates, this interesting book provides good information about animals and how they evolved. The illustrations are also very good and interesting. I've read parts of this book to my little daughter and she loves looking at the pictures and imagining living back in time ...
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The Great Dying/Cosmic Catastrophe Dinosaurs and the Theory of Evolution 5 reviews Kenneth J. Hsu
Harcourt, 1986
Fascinating
+ Long term memory and nuclear winter + A very good book about the way of science. + An Exciting Book + Earth's Bad Day: The Great Dying
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Seismosaurus 1 review David Gillette, Mark Hallett
Columbia University Press, 1994
Seismosaurus
An excellent book, but the material is a little outdated, considering seismosaurus is no longer considered the longest dinosaur. All in all very well written and compiled, with beautiful paintings by Mark Hallett, dinosaur artist extrodinaire. Well done.
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The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science 8 reviews Mark Jaffe
Crown, 2000
There's nothing like a good rivalry
+ Great Read, Bad Binding + Grammar cost it a star, but very good otherwise
The heart of the book is the war of words between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh. These two men were the top paleontologists of their day and were among the first scientists to do serious scientific studies in the American West, they also hated each other. The accouts of their expiditions in the 1860's ...
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Prehistoric Life: The Rise of the Vertebrates 5 reviews David Norman
MacMillan Publishing Company, 1994
truly outstanding book on all aspects of life on earth
+ It's Just Outsanding! + It is a pleasure to read!!! + Textbook thorough and excellent general reference. + Very thorough.
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The Ultimate Dinosaur: Past, Present, and Future 4 reviews BYRON PREISS, Robert Silverberg
Bantam, 1992
what a value!
+ The Untimate Dinosaur
big names in science and sf coupled with top paleoartists!
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The Great Dying/Cosmic Catastrophe Dinosaurs and the Theory of Evolution 5 reviews Kenneth J. Hsu
Harcourt, 1986
Fascinating
+ Long term memory and nuclear winter + A very good book about the way of science. + An Exciting Book + Earth's Bad Day: The Great Dying
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When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey 1 review William B. Gallagher
Rutgers University Press, 1997
A well conceived and thoroughly enjoyable book.
This book, by one of the most pre-eminent scholors in the field of paleontology, is not only accurate and thoroughly thought out, but is enjoyable to boot. It is a "must read" for anybody interested in paleontology; especially if they are from the Mid-Atlantic region.
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T. rex and the Crater of Doom 36 reviews Walter Alvarez
Princeton University Press, 1997
Fascinating
+ Yucatan + Fabulous + This subject isn't written in stone - yet + This is the one that started it all...
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The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals: A Visual Who's Who of ... 2 reviews Dougal Dixon, Barry Cox, ...
Macmillan General Reference, 1993
Very interesting reading
+ informative; makes an interesting coffee table book too :-)
Tracing the history of vertebrates, this interesting book provides good information about animals and how they evolved. The illustrations are also very good and interesting. I've read parts of this book to my little daughter and she loves looking at the pictures and imagining living back in time ...
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Seismosaurus 1 review David Gillette, Mark Hallett
Columbia University Press, 1994
Seismosaurus
An excellent book, but the material is a little outdated, considering seismosaurus is no longer considered the longest dinosaur. All in all very well written and compiled, with beautiful paintings by Mark Hallett, dinosaur artist extrodinaire. Well done.
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Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide 6 reviews Gregory S. Paul
Simon & Schuster, 1988
A modern classic
+ Great book ! + Predatory Dinosaurs of the World + One of the greatest dinosaur-dinosaur art books existence + good
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