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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan (Professor, University of Cape Town)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780801881206ISBN 10: 080188120 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 09 September 2005 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Unraveling Dinosaur Bones 2. Dinosaur Bones Discovered 3. From Bone Microstructure to Biology 4. Inside Dinosaur Bones 5. Growing Dinosaurs 6. Biology of Early Birds 7. Dinosaur Physiology References IndexReviews<p>Provides a compelling, if not universal, view of dinosaur physiology that is certain to attract serious consideration and attention.--Matthew F. Bonnan Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (01/01/2006) <p> Of interest to a wide audience of biologists, the core readership [is] vertebrate paleontologists, each of whom should have a copy. -- Tim J. Fedak and Brian K. Hall, Quarterly Review of Biology <p>Particularly strong on describing what bone is, how it is studied microscopically, and what it is capable to telling us.--Kevin Padian Progressive Palaeontology (01/01/2006) Author InformationAnusuya Chinsamy-Turan is a professor of zoology and a fellow of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is president of South African Women in Science and Engineering and the former director of the Natural History Collections Division of Iziko Museums of Cape Town. She was named as South Africa's Woman Scientist of the Year for 2005. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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