Dinosaurs a concise natural history
Updated with the material that instructors want, Dinosaurs continues to make science exciting and understandable to non-science majors through its narrative of scientific concepts rather than endless facts. It now contains new material on pterosaurs, an expanded section on the evolution of the dinosaurs and new photographs to help students engage with geology, natural history and evolution. The authors ground the text in the language of modern evolutionary biology, phylogenetic systematics, and teach students to examine the paleontology of dinosaurs exactly as the professionals in the field do using these methods to reconstruct dinosaur relationships. Beautifully illustrated, lively and engaging, this edition continues to encourage students to ask questions and assess data critically, enabling them to think like a scientist. • Unlike other introductory books, Dinosaurs is not a list of facts and figures and instead is concept-based, encouraging students to consider dinosaurs as a series of scientific questions to be answered. • Addresses the paleontology of dinosaurs exactly as the professionals in the field do: using phylogenetic systematic methods to reconstruct dinosaur relationships. • The dinosaurs are brought to life in specially commissioned drawings from the acclaimed dinosaur illustrator, John Sibbick.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Cambridge Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Subjects: | Dinosaurios, Historia natural, Paleontología, |
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| Summary: | Updated with the material that instructors want, Dinosaurs continues to make science exciting and understandable to non-science majors through its narrative of scientific concepts rather than endless facts. It now contains new material on pterosaurs, an expanded section on the evolution of the dinosaurs and new photographs to help students engage with geology, natural history and evolution. The authors ground the text in the language of modern evolutionary biology, phylogenetic systematics, and teach students to examine the paleontology of dinosaurs exactly as the professionals in the field do using these methods to reconstruct dinosaur relationships. Beautifully illustrated, lively and engaging, this edition continues to encourage students to ask questions and assess data critically, enabling them to think like a scientist. • Unlike other introductory books, Dinosaurs is not a list of facts and figures and instead is concept-based, encouraging students to consider dinosaurs as a series of scientific questions to be answered. • Addresses the paleontology of dinosaurs exactly as the professionals in the field do: using phylogenetic systematic methods to reconstruct dinosaur relationships. • The dinosaurs are brought to life in specially commissioned drawings from the acclaimed dinosaur illustrator, John Sibbick. |
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