Dinosaur Bone Microstructure Analysis - Fine-Scale Techniques for Paleobiology Research | Fossil Study & Scientific Exploration

Dinosaur Bone is a fantastic read. Written in a gripping style by the world's expert on bone microstructure, this book explains one of the most recently developed and most useful techniques for the study of dinosaurs and other extinct animals. Dr. Chinsamy-Turan brings freshness to the subject that engages the reader from the first page to the last. Anyone who likes dinosaurs will find this book a fascinating look at a field that is revolutionizing our understanding of these magnificent creatures. Chapters on how bones are formed and structured, how dinosaurs grew and on the biology of early birds are presented in an accessible and easy to read fashion. It is amazing how the author takes a complicated subject and makes it understandable to readers from high school students to professors. She saves the best for last with a chapter on dinosaur physiology in which she discusses whether dinosaurs were hot-blooded or cold-blooded and how dinosaur bone helps answer that question. This book is a must read for anyone interested in dinosaur biology. It is appropriate for the young student in high school who is intrigued with dinosaurs as well as the graduate student in geology or physiology who is studying these animals as a profession. An amazing achievement, this book will stand as a landmark, not only in the field of paleontology, but in the field of modern ecology as well. Bones tell us tales about today's reptiles and mammals just as they do about yesterday's dinosaurs. Dinosaur Bone brings it all together in one place. I couldn't put it down until I finished it.