Dinosaurs Rediscovered: New Findings which are Revolutionizing Dinosaur ScienceFrom dinosaurs smaller than chickens to the biggest beasts ever to walk the Earth, here is the exciting story of recent discoveries about dinosaurs and the scientists who made them. Informal and informative.--The Boston Globe. Lessem wrote and hosted a recent Nova series on dinosaurs. Photos and drawings. |
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... scientific research , the biases , disagreements , and many unresolved questions that bedevil dinosaur research as any scientific inquiry . Whenever dinosaurs are dug up , they prove considerably more complex than our past or present ...
... scientific research , the biases , disagreements , and many unresolved questions that bedevil dinosaur research as any scientific inquiry . Whenever dinosaurs are dug up , they prove considerably more complex than our past or present ...
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... scientific journals . But for many years Bakker has steered away from these publications , trou- bled by the restrictions of length and the possible personal animosity of the anonymous expert reviewers assigned to submissions . His prin ...
... scientific journals . But for many years Bakker has steered away from these publications , trou- bled by the restrictions of length and the possible personal animosity of the anonymous expert reviewers assigned to submissions . His prin ...
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... scientific theses have ever received . Merits of the mass extinction hypothesis aside , it was , for the public , an easy - to - grasp solution to a topic of long - standing public interest : " an elegant and parsimonious solution to a ...
... scientific theses have ever received . Merits of the mass extinction hypothesis aside , it was , for the public , an easy - to - grasp solution to a topic of long - standing public interest : " an elegant and parsimonious solution to a ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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