{"product_id":"weird-dinosaurs-the-strange-new-fossils-challenging-everything-we-thought-we-knew-hardcover","title":"Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Pickrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Currie\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs unearthed by an eccentric Transylvanian baron; an aquatic, crocodile-snouted carnivore bigger than \u003ci\u003eT. rex\u003c\/i\u003e that once lurked in North African waterways; a Chinese dinosaur with wings like a bat; and a Patagonian sauropod so enormous it weighed more than two commercial jet airliners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther surprising discoveries hail from Alaska, Siberia, Canada, Burma, and South Africa. Why did dinosaurs grow so huge? How did they spread across the world? Did they all have feathers? What do sauropods have in common with 1950s vacuum cleaners? The stuff of adventure movies and scientific revolutions, \u003ci\u003eWeird Dinosaurs\u003c\/i\u003e examines the latest breakthroughs and new technologies that are radically transforming our understanding of the distant past. Pickrell opens a vivid portal to a brand-new age of fossil discovery, in which fossil hunters are routinely redefining what we know and how we think about prehistory's most iconic and fascinating creatures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pickrell is an award-winning journalist, the editor of \u003ci\u003eAustralian Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and the author of \u003ci\u003eFlying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2014). He has worked in London, Washington, D.C., and Sydney for publications including \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist, Science, Science News\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e. His articles can also be found online and in print at \u003ci\u003eBBC Wildlife, National Geographic, Scientific American, Focus\u003c\/i\u003e, and the ABC. He studied biology at Imperial College in the United Kingdom and at the Natural History Museum, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754071490848,"sku":"9780231180986","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d866b7c16344ca9ea431c0ec524b138b.webp?v=1780032771","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/weird-dinosaurs-the-strange-new-fossils-challenging-everything-we-thought-we-knew-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}