The Great Dinosaur Debate

Posted on 11 December 2017 by Robert T. Bakker

This groundbreaking book reveals that, far from being sluggish reptiles, dinosaurs were actually agile, fast, warm blooded, and intelligent The author explodes the old orthodoxies and gives us a convincing picture of how dinosaurs hunted, fed, mated, fought and died.Containing over 200 detailed illustrations, The Great Dinosaur Debate will enthrall dinosaurmaniacs It is a bold new look at the extraordinary reign and eventual extinction of the awesome behemoths who ruled the earth for 150 million years. New Read The Great Dinosaur Debate by Robert T. Bakker For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr In which Bob Bakker uses self proclaimed heresy to debunk orthodox dinosaur theory, systematically dismantling our age old perception of dinosaurs as trundling zombie like lizards, unsuccessful as a species despite millions of years of planet wide dominance eradicated by an extinction level event, and replaces it with our contemporary understanding of the creatures as vibrant, warm blooded creaturesclosely related on the tree of life to birds than reptiles.Accomplished by addressing what B In which Bob Bakker uses self proclaimed heresy to debunk orthodox dinosaur theory, systematically dismantling our age old perception of dinosaurs as trundling zombie like lizards, unsuccessful as a species despite millions of years of planet wide dominance eradicated by an extinction level event, and replaces it with our contemporary understanding of the creatures as vibrant, warm blooded creaturesclosely related on the tree of life to birds than reptiles.Accomplished by addressing what Bakker considered glaring inconsistencies in a monolithic and untouchable set of purported untestable hypotheses with simple questions e.g., how would a cold blooded brachiosaurus pump blood all the way to its head Answer it probably couldn t, thus, brachiosaurus was warm blooded th...Bakker brings forth interesting theories about the dinosaurs ranging from whether or not they were endothermic, if they had feathers, whether they are the ancestors of modern birds, and their extinction 65 million years ago Bakker has an interesting sense of humor, illustrates the book himself with accurate and detailed pictures, and makes what could be considered heavy scientific theory interesting and readable for the average pers...Dr Robert Bakker has a clear and literate writing style that makes a reader with several graduate degrees less than he has understand the concepts of mass extinctions, dinosaur anatomy, and other advanced topics It is easy to easy why this has become a seminal book The work may be a bit dated and I m not entirely sure if any subsequent discoveries have refuted his theories but this was a great read for me This book is essentially a compilation of several of his graduate ... Dinosaurs I love Dinosaursview spoiler I wish I was a dinosaur hide spoilerParasaurolophus trumpeted and Triceratops bellowed their siren songs and I couldn t help myself I had to read this book again Although this book was published in 1986, it holds up very well in my opinion Dr Bakker s writing is clear, concise and many times humorous His drawings also give life to the dinosaurs and other critters he writes about This is one of those books that inspires this geek s imagination every time I read it My much beloved and battered copy is covered in notes, doodle Parasaurolophus trumpeted and Triceratops bellowed their siren songs and I couldn t help myself I had to read this book again Although this book was published in 1986, it holds up very well in my opinion Dr Bakker s writing is clear, concise and many times humorous His drawings also give life to the dinosaurs and other critters he writes about This is one of those books that inspires this geek s imagination every time I read it My much beloved and batte...Well written and extremely thought provoking The author suggeststhat much of what we believe about dinosaurs is based on a flawed foundation from 100, 200 years ago This is not a dig on our past scientists, but a realization that so much of our basic ideas were limited by the tools of their time Unlike many modern applied sciences, there was no reason to correct some of the basic premises i.e., if you incorrectly assume that dinosaurs were cold blooded, nothing bad happens However, if you s Well written and extremely thought provoking The author suggeststhat much of what we believe about dinosaurs is based on a flawed foundation from 100, 200 years ago This is not a dig on ou...This book was published in the 80 s, so it s pretty outdated now in terms of dinosaur species However, Robert Bakker was the first to put forth the notion that dinosaurs might have been warm blooded and not reptiles at all, which changed everything we thought we knew Because of his heretical theories , we now know that dinosaurs were indeed warm blooded and that birds are direct descendants from them Being a huge dinosaur nerd, I had to go back to the original source and learn how he support This book was published in the 80 s, ...An oldie but a goody, enjoyed this book though Bakker seems to be dead set on calling Apatosaurus by the well known but incorrect name of Brontosaurus Understand his reasoning about honouring Marsh but it was distracting.I first received this book as a gift back when I was like 10 years old Apparently, someone overestimated my reading skills because this book was well beyond my knowledge at that time I have since gone back and read it several times, and find its biological and paleological insights fresh and lively As it states proudly on the cover, this is by the man who was the main consult for the dinosaur behaviors seen in Jurassic Park, and so he was, in a very real sense, the originator of our view of d I first received this book as a gift back when I was like 10 years old Apparently, someone overestimated my reading skills because this book was well beyond my knowledge at that time I have since gone back and read it several times,...Bakker was really the skunk at the garden party when his book suggested, among other things, that dinosaurs were not the cold blooded reptiles we ve always believed them to be but rather warm blooded creatures from which our modern day birds descended This theory is now widely considered to be the prevailing truth but when this book hit the scene in the late 80s it caused quite an uproar.This is a very readable book and I d like to get my hands on the updated edition some day If you ne...

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11 December 2017

Robert T. Bakker