How Fast Did T. rex Run?, David Hone
How Fast Did T. rex Run?, David Hone
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How Fast Did T. rex Run?
Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science

Author: David Hone

Narrator: Tom Lawrence

Unabridged: 9 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/02/2022


Synopsis

This audiobook narrated by Tom Lawrence describes the revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaurs In just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in palaeontology that are beginning to solve many of the mysteries surrounding these marvelous prehistoric creatures, from their ways of communicating to their mating habits, the colour of their skin, their migration patterns and extinction. How did dinosaurs rear their young? What did they eat? What did T. rex actually do with those tiny arms? David Hone draws on his own discoveries at the forefront of dinosaur science to illuminate these and other questions. Each chapter in this lively and informative book covers a key topic in dinosaur science, such as origins, diversity, evolution, habitats, anatomy, behaviour, ecology and dinosaur descendants—the birds. For each topic, Hone discusses the history of what palaeontologists thought in the past, the new insights we are gleaning from recent fossil finds and the latest technologies and the gaps in our knowledge that still remain. He shares his own predictions about the research areas that may produce the next big ideas in dinosaur science and addresses the unknowns we may never solve. How Fast Did T. rex Run? reveals everything we now know about dinosaurs—and everything we don't—and charts thrilling new directions for tomorrow's generation of dinosaur scientists.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica

More of a 3.5 stars for me. This book was both very interesting and very frustrating. It was very interesting in that it gives a lot of info. It covers a lot of dino knowledge and theories, and how that knowledge has been found and pieces together. I also like the way Hone did this for well over a do......more

Though I may not be able to quote from memory all the cool new dino facts and mysteries I learned from this book, I can now tell you in broad brushstrokes some of the big ideas going on in dinosaur science right now, which is!!! Very cool to me!!!!!!!!! I love dinosaurs!!!!!!!!!!!!!......more

Goodreads review by Troy

Audiobook, so no quotes. Lively reading by Tom Lawrence. Hone’s last book, The Tyrannosaur Chronicles, was a fairly deep dive into dinosaur anatomy, so based on the title of this one I thought it would focus primarily on dinosaur motion mechanics. Or something to that effect. Instead, it’s a broad sur......more