Dinosaurs: A Global View

By Sylvia J. Czerkas, Stephen A. Czerkas, Stephen Czerkas Sylvia; Czerkas

Dinosaurs have long presented a fascinating enigma to man: What did they look like? How did they live? Why were they so huge? Why did they disappear so completely? This large format book, answers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792456068
• ISBN13: 9780792456063
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Bdd Promotional Book Co
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.2" x 14.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent paintings and enjoyable reading

Dinosaurs: A Global View is engagingly written and packed with great dinosaur art. The book starts with a general history, and later chapters have brief discussions of various topics such as how stegosaurs' plates were arranged, how sauropods held their necks, etc. The writing is readable by a lay audience, although some paleontology-specific terms are thrown in without explanation. However, there is a glossary and a thorough index to make up for it.The best part about this book is the art. The paintings, overall, are excellent, and include 19 by Mark Hallet, 9 by John Sibbick, and 52 color and b/w by Douglas Henderson. Henderson's moody, atmospheric style is gorgeous to behold, at once both painterly and realistic. Also included are numerous skeletal diagrams and 8 photos of Stephen Czerkas' fantastic dinosaur sculptures. As a great picture book and for entertaining reading for the mid-level dinosaur fan, I definitely recommend this book.

One Of The Better Written Dinosaur Books

This book offers a comprehensive description of the evolution of the dinosaurs. The well-written text makes it one of the better books on the subject - not too technical, but sophisticated enough for serious readers. The illustrations, black and white and color, are good, but consist exclusively of drawings.