About this item
Are you as tall as a T. rex? Or as big as a Brontosaurus? Or maybe you're as mini as a Micropachycephalosaurus!. Young readers can discover just how huge or small the dinosaurs really were in this full-color hardback book, written by paleontologist and award-winning author Dougal Dixon.. Bursting with life-sized, to-scale examples and eye-opening comparisons, How Big? Dinosaurs allows children to interact with artworks of prehistoric beasts (and their claws, plates, and teeth) to get a sense of how big they really were. They'll see real-world comparisons to help them understand the size of different dinosaurs.. Readers can:* Get up-close to a Triceratops horn,* Measure their hand to Iguanodon's* Compare a Psittacosaurus's beak to a parrot's* Check out Smilodon's terrifying teeth.
About the Author
Dougal Dixon studied geology and paleontology at the University of St. Andrews, where he continued as a research student to revise the standard work on the palaeogeography of the British Isles. In recent years he has worked in publishing and has contributed numerous articles about earth science and evolution to encyclopedias and popular science books.Model making and the creation of animated films occupy much of his spare time.The idea of writing about evolution looking forwards rather than backwards was not a sudden inspiration but has been evolving in the author's mind ever since his college days.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
