Dinosaur Doom

Author : Walter Alvarez
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691169667
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book T. rex and the Crater of Doom written by Walter Alvarez and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history.

Author : Graham Coleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780812094152
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Countdown to Dinosaur Doom! written by Graham Coleman and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid, full-color illustrations and fact-filled text come together in this perfect book for young dinosaur fans. Children can learn to identify not only different dinosaurs, but also different periods--from the Triassic age, 215 million years ago, to the the end of the dinosaur reign. Illustrations feature a running time line.

Author : Karen Hutchings
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781503203907
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dinosaur Doom written by Karen Hutchings and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danny thought the most exciting thing about this years summer holiday would be the arguments between his brother, Charlie and new stepsister, Lucy. How wrong could he be? An accident with a time machine leaves a toolbox and tools spread throughout history. The children must find the tools and correct the time line before it's too late. Their first quest means a visit to the dinosaurs and a race against time to beat a meteor!

Author : Brownlow
Publisher : Time Pirates
ISBN 13 : 9780230741799
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dinosaurs of Doom! written by Brownlow and published by Time Pirates. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elaborate pop-ups include an awesome, futuristic laboratory and an incredible cityscape complete with rampaging dinos, while lift-the-flaps, moving parts, and a few hidden secrets add extra fun The Time Pirates' visit to the museum's "Dinorama" exhibition is interrupted when an army of real-life armored dinosaurs invade. With evil genius Tempus Fugit controlling the prehistoric predators, there's no time to lose if the Time Pirates are going to save the city from total dino destruction! An action-packed story, press-out pieces, two stand-alone pop-up dinosaurs, and an amazing pop-up cityscape and futuristic laboratory make this the perfect book for young adventure fans.

Author : Steve Cole
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442446188
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seas of Doom written by Steve Cole and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something very big and very dangerous is swimming in the seas of planet Aqua Minor. It's destroying all of the fish factories and making mincemeat out of all the submarines. So Captain Teggs and the brave crew on the DSS Sauropod set off to investigate. What do they find? A gigantic liopleurodon has made Aqua Minor its home. At first all the evidence points to him as the culprit behind the mass destruction. But then new evidence is uncovered that shows it couldn't be the liopleurodon. Is another monster lurking beneath the seas as well?

Author : Oliver Parkhurst
Publisher : Heliograph
ISBN 13 : 9781930658219
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airship Troopers: Volcanic Dinosaur Island of Doom written by Oliver Parkhurst and published by Heliograph. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Airship, Rocket Packs, & Tommy Guns Vs. Giant Monsters On An Uncharted Mysterious Volcanic Island! Airship Troopers: Volcanic Dinosaur Island Of Doom provides everything you need (except dice) to run fast paced, exciting Zeppelin Age roleplaying adventures featuring the Streamlined Fun of Heliograph's DECO System. Inside you'll find: [ Complete rules for resolving any action (in 3 pages) [ Complete rules for creating any Character, Creature, or Contraption (in 10 pages) [ Player background information on life in the Airship Troopers in 1935 (in 3 pages) [ Detailed deckplans and information on the Troopers' airship (in 5 pages) [ The Z.O.O.M. (or Zeppelin Owner's Operation Manual) (in 5 pages) [ Player handouts, play aids, and blanks for your use (in 8 pages) [ Director advice on DECO (in 3 pages) & Adventure Details & Suggestions (in 15 pages) [ Suggested Viewing & Reading (in 1 page) [ More Play Aids, Samples, & Blanks, including 11 ready-to-play completed Character Sheets (in 20 pages) This quick start kit is the first release for Heliograph's Zeppelin Age: Pulp Adventure 1900 to 1940, and it makes a great jumping off point!

Author : Charles Officer
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy written by Charles Officer and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-06-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1980 Nobel Laureate Luis Alvarez announced his theory of the dinosaurs final demise: a gigantic meteorite crashed into the earth and raised a cloud of dust that caused darkness for years, suppressing photosynthesis, which impeded plant growth, and eventually starved the dinosaurs. This idea exploded into common awareness with almost unprecedented speed, and was instantly embraced by the media and the public. Almost without question, it quickly became the hottest scientific "fact". Unfortunately for Alvarez, many in the scientific community did to support this theory, and in fact later research showed the impossibility of such an idea. The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy chronicles the fantastic story of how this hypothesis became so widespread, the way it became "common knowledge" - from the pages of Science to The New York Times to Parade Magazine, the controversy it caused, and the ample scientific research that proves the theory wrong. Officer and Page also present an attractive and carefully investigated alternative explanation for the mass extinctions that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period. Through this account they show the ways that sound science should be performed and the findings transmitted.

Author : Roberg Silverberg
Publisher : ibooks
ISBN 13 : 0743400062
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Dinosaur written by Roberg Silverberg and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What were the dinosaurs? What was the world like in which they lived? What ended their 150-million-year reign? What if they had survived? The World of Dinosaurs Revealed A collaboration to excite the mind and dazzle the eye, probing such mysteries as: • Where the first dinosaurs appeared and how they evolved • How the giant sauropods lived and reared their young • Hunting strategies among the predators • Migratory habits and family life of the dinosaurs • Possible causes of extinction and much more... An extraordinary new look at the prehistoric life of the dinosaurs by some of the world’s foremost paleontologists, dinosaur illustrators, and visionary authors. This unique collaboration produces a spectacular tour of the world of the dinosaurs with vivid pictures, fascinating new ideas and thought-provoking tales by a dozen respected dreamers.

Author : Roxanne Greening
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781548660864
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dino Doom! written by Roxanne Greening and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was living the life of a normal ten year old when it all changed. The very moment it all changed you ask? I would say it was the moment I escaped my bully named Bull. But it could be the moment I ran through Binx.One minute I was just Rocky and the next I was the savior of humanity. Join us as we travel through time to collect all the pieces to keep Mr. Moon the diabolical genius locked away. If we fail the world as we know it will be gone....Oh and mystical creature, Zombies, and the Angel Of Death himself are all apart of the journey.our last journey took us to the Titanic and Zombies. this time I face Dinosaurs and Giant Snakes!

Author : Curtis Peebles
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1944466045
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asteroids written by Curtis Peebles and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asteroids suggest images of a catastrophic impact with Earth, triggering infernos, tidal waves, famine, and death -- but these scenarios have obscured the larger story of how asteroids have been discovered and studied. During the past two centuries, the quest for knowledge about asteroids has involved eminent scientists and amateur astronomers, patient research and sudden intuition, advanced technology and the simplest of telescopes, newspaper headlines and Cold War secrets. Today, researchers have named and identified the mineral composition of these objects. They range in size from 33 feet to 580 miles wide and most are found in a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Covering all aspects of asteroid investigation, Curtis Peebles shows how ideas about the orbiting boulders have evolved. He describes how such phenomena as the Moon's craters and dinosaur extinction were gradually, and by some scientists grudgingly, accepted as the results of asteroid impacts. He tells how a band of icy asteroids rimming the solar system, first proposed as a theory in the 1940s, was ignored for more than forty years until renewed interest and technological breakthroughs confirmed the existence of the Kuiper Belt. Peebles also chronicles the discovery of Shoemaker-Levy 9, a comet with twenty-two nuclei that crashed into Jupiter in 1994, releasing many times the energy of the world's nuclear arsenal. Showing how asteroid research is increasingly collaborative, the book provides insights into the evolution of scientific ideas and the ebb and flow of scientific debate.