Dean R. Lomax The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs review, recensie en informatie boek over het ontdekken van het echte gedrag van prehistorische dieren. Op 23 september 2025 verschijnt bij Columbia University Press het boek van de Britse paleontoloog Dean R. Lomax over het gedrag van dinosaurussen. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Dean R. Lomax The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs review en recensie

• “Lomax uses scientific research and personal experiences to
  guide readers through the process of discovering details of longextinct animals’ lives. The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs takes complex paleontological ideas and explains them in an approachable and easyto-understand way.” (Kallie Moore, cohost of PBS Eons)
• “Dean R. Lomax has written a fantastic book that is as educational as it is entertaining. Technically engrossing, scientifically accurate, but not intimidating. It’s loaded with information, with some great paleo anecdotes and scientific humor peppered throughout. It’s one of the most fun nonfiction dinosaur books I’ve read. The artwork by Bob Nicholls and photos and diagrams are all really well done and informative.” (Slash, Guns N’ Roses)
• “Lomax describes some remarkable fossils that record the intimate lives of ancient organisms, from reproduction and birth to feeding, locomotion, and illnesses. There are dinosaurs here, but also fossil reptiles, mammals, fishes, ammonites, and others. Lomax shows you the fossils, uncovering the discoveries and the discoverers, while Bob Nicholls provides stunning artwork to reveal some of the amazing lives of our ancestors.” (Michael Benton, professor of vertebrate paleontology, University of Bristol)

The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs

Unearthing the Real Behaviors of Prehistoric Animals

• Auteur: Dean R. Lomax (Engeland)
• Illustraties: Bob Nicholls
• Soort boek: dinosaurus boek
• Taal: Engels
• Uitgever: Columbia University Press
• Verschijnt: 23 september 2025
• Omvang: 312 pagina’s
• Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
• Prijs: $ 38.95
• Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over het geheime leven van dinosaurussen

Buried within a lost world, astonishing evidence reveals the behavior of extinct animals, giving us a glimpse at both everyday and epic events. If we look at these discoveries carefully, the untold stories of these magnificent creatures come into view, breathing new life into the prehistoric past.

The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs tells the remarkable tales of ancient animals through some of the most distinctive and unusual fossils ever found, offering an intimate, behind-the-scenes look into the story of life in deep time. Venturing hundreds of millions of years into the past, Dean R. Lomax takes us on a journey through the grand cycle of life, infused with anecdotes from his own adventures and sprinkled with a touch of dinosaur humor.

These fossils tell real-world stories of prehistoric parenting, the quest for survival, and the endless struggle between predator and prey. Unbelievable moments are captured: saber-toothed cats clashing, mega-millipedes mating, dinosaurs swimming. From ammonite eggs to mosasaur mealtimes, and from a pregnant ichthyosaur that chowed down on a bird to the mammal that took down a dinosaur, these behaviors challenge what we thought we knew about the prehistoric world.

This book looks into the private moments of long-extinct creatures as never before, letting us see them not just as fossils in a museum but as living, breathing animals with personalities and emotions. Vivid illustrations by Bob Nicholls bring these incredible stories to life in full color.

Dean R. Lomax is an internationally recognized paleontologist, author, television presenter, and science communicator. A leading authority on ichthyosaurs, he is an honorary research fellow at the University of Manchester and an 1851 Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. He is the author of more than ten books.

Bob Nicholls is a world-renowned natural history artist who specializes in the reconstruction of prehistoric animals, plants, and environments. His illustrations and models have been published in more than forty books and exhibited in museums, universities, and visitor attractions around the world.

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