Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior

David Hone

Princeton University Press

'Gripping and wonderfully informative' Tom Holland, New Statesman Adored by children and adults alike,  Tyrannosaurus is the most famous dinosaur in the world, one that pops up again and again in pop culture, often battling other beasts such as King Kong, Triceratops or velociraptors in Jurassic Park. But despite the hype, Tyrannosaurus and the other tyrannosaurs are fascinating animals in their own right, and are among the best-studied of all dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurs started small, but over the course of 100 million years evolved into the giant carnivorous bone-crushers that continue to inspire awe in palaeontologists, screenplay writers, sci-fi novelists and the general public alike. Tyrannosaurus itself was truly impressive; it topped six tons, was more than 12m (40 feet) long, and had the largest head and most powerful bite of any land animal in history. The Tyrannosaur Chronicles tracks the rise of these dinosaurs, and presents the latest research into their biology, showing off more than just their impressive statistics - tyrannosaurs had feathers and fought and even ate each other. This book presents the science behind this research; it tells the story of the group through their anatomy, ecology and behaviour, exploring how they came to be the dominant terrestrial predators of the Mesozoic and, in more recent times, one of the great icons of biology.

The Tyrannosaur Chronicles

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Bloomsbury Sigma

Ever since we first started discovering dinosaurs in the early-1800s, our obsession for uncovering everything about these creatures has been insatiable. Each generation has made huge strides in trying to better our understanding of these animals and in the past twenty years, we have made more discoveries than in the previous two hundred.\nThere have been extraordinary advances in palaeontological methods and ever more dinosaur fossils promise a landslide of new data and huge leaps forward in our understanding of these incredible animals. Over time, we have been bale to look at the sizes and shapes of bones, we have identified patches of fossil skin, we have looked at footprints and bite marks and we've calculated mass estimates and walking speeds.\nWith surprisingly little data to work from, we can put together a picture of an animal that has been extinct for a million human lifetimes. But for all our technological advances, and two centuries of new data and ideas, there is stull much more we don't know. What parasites and diseases afflicted them? How did they communicate? Did they climb trees? How many species were there?\nIn The Future of Dinosaurs, palaeontologist Dr David Hone looks at the recent strides in scientific research and the advanced knowledge we've gathered in recent years, as well as what we hope to learn in the future about these most fascinating of extinct creatures.

The Future of Dinosaurs

The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don't Know, What We Can, and What We'll Never Know

Hodder&Stoughton

In his third book in the Putting the Genie Back series, David Hone responds to the Paris Agreement which was concluded in 2015 after years of negotiation. When French Foreign Minister and COP21 President Laurent Fabius banged his gavel on the evening of Saturday December 12th 2015, he ushered in a truly global deal on climate change, embracing the spirit with this complex issue. After 21 COPs and many inter-sessional meetings, it is safe to say that the Paris Agreement is a landmark achievement. But because of its brevity it still needs considerable deciphering and an understanding of the energy system in place today to put it into perspective. Will the Paris Agreement really see us through to the end of this century, bringing an end to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and stabilization of the resultant climate change problem? Or will continued development and energy demand growth eclipse the efforts now underway to manage emissions? All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Center for Climate and Enegry Solutions (C2ES) and the 2041 Foundation, two NGOs that the author has worked with directly over many years.

Putting the Genie Back: Pathways from the Paris Agreement

Whitefox

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