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Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth
enlarge	Author: DK Publishing Publisher: DK ADULT Category: Book List Price: ~~$40.00~~ Buy New: $26.40 as of 11/20/2009 19:59 PST details You Save: $13.60 (34%) New (25) Used (3) from $20.00 Seller: Amazon.com Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Pages: 512 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.8 Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 10.3 x 1.4 ISBN: 0756655730 Dewey Decimal Number: 560 EAN: 9780756655730 ASIN: 0756655730 Publication Date: October 5, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description With an extensive catalog at its heart, Prehistoric Life profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail. The story starts in earnest 3.8 billion years ago, with the earliest-known form of life on Earth, a bacteria that still exists today, and journeys through action-packed millennia, charting the appearance of new life forms as well as devastating extinction events. Of course, the ever-popular and endlessly intriguing dinosaurs feature large, but Prehistoric Life gives you the whole picture, and the plants, invertebrates, amphibians, birds, reptiles, and mammals that are the ancestors of today's species also populate its pages, making this book unprecedented in its coverage of prehistory. Specially commissioned artworks use cutting-edge technology to render species in breathtakingly realistic fashion, with astonishing images of prehistoric remains, such as skeletons and fossils, to complete the story. To put all the evidence in context, the concept of geological time is explored, as is the classification of species and how the evidence for their evolution is preserved and can be deciphered.

Customer Reviews: Visually stunning, informative text November 16, 2009 D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC) Frankly, given that this was published by DK Publishing, I thought it was going to be more of a kid's book. However, it is actually great for adults as well. The text is pretty informative - not quite a biology textbook, but it goes into quite a bit of detail about each species. It covers not just famous dinosaurs but other lesser-known dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts. However, the best part of the book though is the pictures. Beautiful computer generated images of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals make this book fun to look at. The CG images are almost as good as the ones in the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs and The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life. Great for dinosaur fans of all ages! amazing November 13, 2009 J. bernatchez (CT) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful if u are thinking about getting this book, Definitely purchase it! amazing beautiful color pictures with text explaining it all. so great to read through this book with about 2,500 images. if ur interested in fossils, how the earth began, evolution, the emergence of species, anything like that, u must have this book. i paid the full price but i dont even care. this book is so interesting to flip through i cant put it down. def a must have for anyone into science or anyone wanting to learn more about the amazing planet and how we evolved. High quality, bargain price November 3, 2009 Donald E. Fulton (Stoneham, MA USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Just received this book, and it's clear the other reviewers are exactly right. It's a huge, heavy, very high quality scientific reference book. The subtitle is 'Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth' and it may just be. There's probably more than 2,000 pictures, painting and maps in this book and on a quick scan they all look first rate. Every page oozes quality. You can't go wrong at this very low price, a big discount from the surprisingly low cover price of $40. Editorially the book looks to be the work of designers in Great Britian and India with the book printed and bound in Singapore. Another Home Run for DK October 22, 2009 Harold W. Miller 11 out of 11 found this review helpful DK has certainly made a name for itself in producing a long line of visually stunning, reference books. Prehistoric Life is a good example of a genre that DK seemed to have invented. The visuals are perfect. DK has some secret printing method that allows its pictures to be excitedly fine textured and vivid. The writing which could be quite pedestrian is well done and done at a adult level. The material is very current and original. It presented material that was totally new to me: the prototaxites on pages 114-115 which look like an eerie spike that was over 26 feet tall and could be either a plant or a fungus. I also liked that DK didn't dwell on dinosaurs (although it has a lot of material about them) but also spent time on plants and invertebrates. At 512 pages it covers a lot of territory. And at the bargain basement price it carries, if you are going to get one book about ancient life, get this book. My only quibble is that the maps showing the distribution of the continents are needlessly simplified. However, that said, I am going to give this my highest recommendation. Huge, Visually Stunning and Informative October 14, 2009 John Guilbault 14 out of 14 found this review helpful This is your typical coffee table book from DK Publishers. Massive in size as well as scope, it covers everything from the beginnings of the planet until we settled down and started farming. With breathtaking CG images as well as real pictures of fossils, "Prehistoric Life" will entrance younger members of the family, while its informative text and nicely-arranged narrative will give adults all the prehistory they can handle. What you have here is a high-quality tome, printed on thick, glossy paper. It gives the impression that you should have paid $100.00 or more for it. Quite a value at the price offered here. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

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