The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs

by David Norman

An illustrated guide - for adults and children alike - to the fascinating prehistoric world of dinosaurs and pterosaurs.

Genres: Dinosaurs, Science, Nonfiction, Reference, Palaeontology, Animals, Natural History

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

David Bruce Norman is a British paleontologist, currently the main curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge University. From 1991 to 2011, Norman has also been the Sedgwick Museum's director.

There is more than one author with this name.

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recommended by the Dinosaur Society as the best popular book on dinosaurs. Fantastic illustrations that will appeal to all ages, and also doesn't stint on the science, proper species names, etc. I remember watching a documentary about dinosaur hunters in Arizona some years ago, and one of them said seriously that anyone who wasn't obsessed with dinosaurs in their childhood is not fully human. Certainly, looking back I see that it wasn't the science that interested me so much as the aesthetics. I modelled them, drew them, read voraciously every book I could lay my hands on about them. My very first book, which I still have, was a 1960 children's one. I gave my first talk about them at the age of nine in front of the class.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely organized, with a wealth of interesting behind-the-scenes historical facts. Just missed the explosion of new-millennium discoveries, including overwhelming evidence of feathers on numerous species, so it now seems rather dated.

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[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd give this amazing book 5 stars but for the fact that it's now nearly thirty years out of date.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Dinosaurs detailed information with diagrams and theoretical text