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Dinosaurs, Spitfires and Sea Dragons (Paperback)

by C McGowan (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press; New edition edition (2 Sep 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 067420770X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674207707
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 607,190 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #43 in  Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Animal Sciences > Dinosaurs
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[A] wonderful book...Ultimately the great virtue of this book is that it faces down our instinctive desire to leap from bone to biology and in so doing produces a particular kind of wisdom which transcends its subject matter. For implicit in how McGowan and his kind have approached the dinosaur is a point of view humans almost never assume about themselves. How much are we pure physics? Our walks, our musculature, our electric nerve impulses?...Delicious...In addition to its intellectual strengths, for a book that is often technical, "Dinosaurs, Spitfires and Sea Dragons" is extremely well-written...The lovely word 'classic' is already engraved upon it. But be advised: This is a science classic. It requires close reading. It demands not just that we approach, but that we be prepared to learn. But is not that the lesson hiding in our fascination with the dinosaurs in the first place? -- Stephen Strauss "Toronto Globe and Mail"

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Christopher McGowan sets out to solve some of the enduring mysteries about dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles. He makes comparisons between living and extinct animals while presenting topics that range from gigantism to intellect. In addition to exploring the natural history of the Mesozoic Era, McGowan draws on science and engineering concepts to explain curiosities such as the similarities between the aerodynamics of pteranodons and Spitfire planes. Dinosaurs are so popular that we often neglect the even more fascinating reptiles of their time that evolved in the most unreptilian habitats of sea (ichtyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and their allies) and air (pterosaurs). McGowan tells their story without neglecting the more conventional dinosaurs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly absorbing, 31 Jul 2000
By mike@tecc.co.uk (London, England) - See all my reviews
I just love dinosaurs - can't get enough of them - so with that proviso, this is one of the most compelling things I've ever read. It's a very clear exposition of physical principles as they are applied to what little we know of dinosaurs, based on their bones and comparisons with present-day animals. What comes out is a set of impressively justified conclusions about their likely dimensions, behaviour etc. Along the way, I picked up more than I ever expected to learn about properties of materials, metabolism and fitness, fluid dynamics, auronautics and a whole slew of other sciences. Very hard to put down.
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