- Gebundene Ausgabe: 96 Seiten
- Verlag: Running (25. Oktober 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 184696492X
- ISBN-13: 978-1846964923
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 30,2 x 25,2 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.075.943 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Superb, photo-realistic dinosaur artwork is blended with photography to give us the opportunity to see how our natural world would look if dinosaurs were alive today. See how the survival skills and physical characteristics of the dinosaurs compare to modern day predators. It includes a highly comprehensive explanation of evolution and the science behind the book's concept.
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More silly than science!
26. Juni 2008
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This book is obviously meant for 10 year olds, who are always concerned about the size of anything. I bought this for my 9 year old grandson in order to perk his interest is science (but, of course, I read it first). He was duly taken by the pictures rather than the text. And therein lies the problem. The pictures of a number of prehistoric animals are exaggerated in size compared to their modern counterparts, either purposely, or out of naivety. A striking example is the book cover showing Liopleurodon about to devour an orca. The jaws of Liopleurodon are shown to be as long as the entire orca , maybe 25 feet long, while the text and description inside the book belies this size. Furthermore, neither the text or description comport with recent science, which says that Liopleurodon was likely a much smaller animal (still large but not gargantuan; see www.plesiosaur.com). There are apparently several other genera of plesiosaurs/pliosaurs which were considerably larger than Liopleurodon. But none are the size of the behemoth pictured on the cover.
Another example of out-sized illustration is the Tyrannosaurus attacking the cattle. Tyrannosaurus skulls are known to be about 4-5 feet long; this illustration shows them to be about twice that long.
I can understand the desire to emphasize the great size of some of these creatures in order to promote excitement, and sales of the book (and some of the descriptions of size are pure speculation). But this book also pretends to have a basis in factual fossil evidence. We all have fun speculating about things that could never be, but it's not appropriate to confuse silliness with science, especially in a book aimed at impressionable young minds.
Another example of out-sized illustration is the Tyrannosaurus attacking the cattle. Tyrannosaurus skulls are known to be about 4-5 feet long; this illustration shows them to be about twice that long.
I can understand the desire to emphasize the great size of some of these creatures in order to promote excitement, and sales of the book (and some of the descriptions of size are pure speculation). But this book also pretends to have a basis in factual fossil evidence. We all have fun speculating about things that could never be, but it's not appropriate to confuse silliness with science, especially in a book aimed at impressionable young minds.
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Amazing and Astonishing
20. Januar 2008
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My six-year old girl LOVES dinosaurs, so we got her this book for Christmas this year (2007). She loves this book and so do I! The graphics are incredible and make you think that the Orca is really about to get eaten! Then there is the brachiosaurus tromping through the herd of elephants at the waterhole. Page after page the dinos are put with their modern-day equivalents, and a sidebar tells you more about the dino and displays them on a size scale. Who knew the Liopleurodon was bigger than a sperm whale (and 100+ tons)??
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Start the fires of discovery....
30. April 2009
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This is a great book for young children to start thinking about the interaction of their world. Not just about the dry fossils and bones they find in a museum. But how did the animals live, eat, move, and get along with others. Let them see the dinosaurs and other animals are breathing, roaring living animals. And if the science is off, then explain to the kids how science and our knowledge of the world is always changing, as alive as the world we live in. Let them find other books, or websites, or watch the PBS channels and learn that some books and some science becomes outdated. Show them that the world changes, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Isn't that what the BOOK is about? Some of the animals in the book would have had a BAD time in the modern world. Isn't that the lesson?
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