The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs: A revolution in palaeontology

By Adrian J. Desmond

Book Overview

New York. 1976 The Dial Press. 26x19. 238p. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803737556
• ISBN13: 9780803737556
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Dial Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

There will be a hot time on the old veldt tonight.

Our understanding of history and technology is constantly changing. At one time, the Maya Indians were thought to be peaceful people, and we ignored all their bloody pictures. This information is a tad dated, but the book "The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs" by Adrian J. Desmond was one of those books that changed our understanding and was a revolution in paleontology. The premise of this book is the theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded creatures. It sets out methodically to show why this was so. Contents: 1 - the crown of creation 2 - the tyrant finds its feet 3 - the race is to the swift, the battle to the strong 4 - The Dark Ages 5 - stranding of the Titans 6 - a Griffin rescues evolution 7 - phantoms from hell 8 - the coming of Armageddon: a cosmic cataclysm? The book contains drawings of what the dinosaurs would look like and actual pictures of their skeletons.