HUNTING DINOSAURS – On the Trail of Prehistoric Monsters
Inbunden bok. Cassell Illustrated. 1994. 288 sidor.
Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick.
– ABSOLUT NYSKICK, verkar oläst! – Mindre yt- och kantmärken på skyddsomslaget. – Stort format, ca 22x28 cm! – Se fler bilder! –– Fossil seekers today are uncovering a vast amount of new fossil discoveries, from footprints in mountainsides to well-preserved dinosaur eggs, from complete skeletons the size of a human hand to thigh bones that dwarf humans. "Hunting Dinosaurs" is a photographic journey providing information on all the major dinosaur discoveries being made around the world and the palaeontologists who make them. Louie Psihoyos is a well-known American photojournalist who was commissioned by "National Geographic" magazine to compile the feature on which this book is based. / "Psihoyos, a photographer for National Geographic, has written a tremendous book about dinosaurs as we understand them today. Central to the book, of course, are Psihoyos' terrific photographs: Of fossils in museums, of individuals in their workplaces, of the beautiful landscapes to which paleontologists travel to search for bones, and of the bones themselves in varying states of discovery and repair. All by itself, this book gives you a deep respect for what really good photographers can accomplish with their craft.
Psihoyos also turns out to be a lively and witty writer, and the book provides a good general background on what we understand of dinosaurs and how they lived, as well as a history of dinosaur hunters dating back to the mid-19th century. I've been a casual "fan" of dinosaurs since childhood, and much of what's related here was completely unknown to me. Psihoyos outlines several of the controversies in the history of dinosaur digging, including the discovery of the reptile-bird archaeopterix, and the wars between the two great bone hunters of the late 19th century.
Along the way he also caught a few big breaks, such as discovering that there was no "type specimen" (defining example) for homo sapiens (humans), as well as getting caught up in the Tyrannosaur Sue controversy which resulted in lawsuits and jail time for some of those involved.
Anyone with any amount of interest in dinosaurs - from casual to deep - should find this book entertaining, and maybe even enlightening. For the pictures alone, it's a steal." –– GLÖM INTE ATT TITTA PÅ ALLA MINA ANDRA BÖCKER! –– Samma fraktpris oavsett hur många böcker du beställer! (Gäller inom Sverige)
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780304344857
- Titel
- Hunting dinosaurs
- Författare
- Psihoyos, Louie - Knoebber, John
- Förlag
- London : Cassell
- Utgivningsår
- 1994
- Språk
- English
