Mark Norell Bücher

Auf der Spur der Drachen befasst sich mit den dramatischen Veranderungen, die sich in jungster Zeit bei der Erforschung des Ursprungs der Dinosaurier abzeichnen.

Produced in connection with the American Museum of Natural History, this "dino-biography" reconstructs the life history of the crested Corythosaurus, exploring its physical characteristics, habits, and routines with the help of more than a hundred photographs.

Expanded and updatedThis handsome book addresses the questions of what the fossil record tells us about the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs, what their relationship to the rest of the organic world was, and what we can learn from them about our own place in the history of life on our planet. This edition has been updated throughout, with a new final chapter that details exciting recent discoveries such as the feathered dinosaur fossils in China. ONE LINE IS MISSING FROM PAGE XIII OF THIS BOOK. THE COMPLETE LINE SHOULD "We hope that the following pages will introduce you to some of these questions."This error will be corrected in future editions of the book.

Describes the discovery and excavation of fossil evidence for the Tyrannosaurus and examines what this evidence suggests about its appearance and behavior.

An elegantly, lavishly illustrated history of the legendary Silk Road and the cultural pathway it blazed for the modern world. Spanning centuries of history, this engrossing book--created in conjunction with the world-famous American Museum of Natural History--takes an epic journey to major stops in China, Uzbekistan, Iraq, and beyond. Not only did people from many lands trade their goods along this incredible network of routes, they also exchanged their languages, religions, art, and technology in what can be seen as man's first engagement in globalization."