Aaseng, Nathan.American Dinosaur Hunters. Enslow, 1996. Profiles of ten important paleonmtologists, including Hitchcock, Leidy, Brown, and others.
Dodson, Peter.The Horned Dinosaurs: A Natural History. Princeton University Press, 1996. A delightful and thorough survey of horned dinosaurs by an eminent paleontologist.
Farlow, James O., and M. K. Brett-Surman, eds.The Complete Dinosaur. Indiana University Press, 1997, 1999. A comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and well-illustrated volume on the dinosaur.
Padian, Kevin, and Philip Currie, eds.Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, 1997. From two renowned paleontologists, A-to-Z coverage of dinosaurs.
Eldredge, Niles.Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species. Abrams, Princeton University Press, 1991. 1997. Argues that life forms generally do not evolve to any significant degree until after massive extinction.
Erickson, Jon.An Introduction to Fossils and Minerals. Rev. ed. Facts on File, 2001. For general readers, a guide to fossils and how they help reveal the Earth's natural history.
Carruthers, Margaret W., and Susan Clinton.Pioneers of Geology: Discovering Earth's Science. Franklin Watt, 2001. Profiles the work of six geologists and their important contributions. For grades 5 to 9.
Kearey, Philip, ed.The New Penguin Dictionary of Geology. Viking/Penguin, 1996. A new edition to the cream of geological reference works, with more than 7,500 concise and useful definitions.
Roberts, David C.A Field Guide to Geology. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. A guide to land formation and how to recognize key field marks and use them to read geological history.
Garcia, Frank A., and Donald S. Miller.Illus. Jaspar Burns.Discovering Fossils: How to Find and Identify Remains of the Prehistoric Past. Stackpole, 1998. A well-written and engaging introduction to vertebrate fossils and fossil collecting in general, copiously illustrated, for the experienced collector and the initiate alike.
Hotmail
Messenger
My MSN
MSN Directory
back to top
