Dinosaurs: How they lived and evolved

This is a very informative and really good book from the Natural History Museum

Authors Darren Naish and Paul Barrett deserve the highest praise for producing such a well researched, comprehensive, very readable, helpfully illustrated and all round accessible work as this certainly is. The well known saying, 'good wine needs no bush', is very appropriate here. Some works, which have a whole string of famous people recommending them, fall flat on their face when compared with this wonderful book, which has no such recommendations. This work takes the reader step by step through the world of dinosaurs, which are still with us today in the form of birds.The book is divided into six sections.1: History, origins and the dinosaurs' world.2: The Dinosaur Family Tree.3: Anatomy.4: Biology, Ecology and Behaviour.5: The Origin of Birds.5: The Great Extinction and Beyond.There's glossary, a further information section, an index and credits.The authors entirely avoid the disrupting error of including irrelevant personal details about themselves, an annoyance that imposes an unnecessary distraction on the reader. Another helpful thing about this work is that it's the best companion ever to other leading works about dinosaurs. It brings their information together along with the very latest discoveries. You can go to another relevant work and then relate it to the information in this book plus accessing the best recommended websites and so on. For those of us who still prefer owning real books this one is of immense value. In it the reader will get to know dinosaurs in the most fascinating, wonderful way possible.

Bought this for my boyfriend for Christmas and wow!! I could not have bought a better present! Because it is such a recent book, there is more up to date information about dinosaurs that we have discovered. He has told me that this book completely differs to all other dinosaur books because it explains how dinosaurs were the same but also how each species were different which is (apparently) a really hard find. The art work is spectacular too. He also said if he had a friend who was interested in dinosaurs, he would 100% recommended this book. It is literally the best present I have ever bought!

I did not dislike anything about the book.

Got it for my 12 year old who loves prehistoric life And has a higher than average reading age. He has outgrown most of the kids dinosaur books and then there is a gap so we have trouble finding books that aren’t intellectual enough but not universit text books. I thought this book might bridge it, but it is a little advanced for him. My husband however, found it fascinating, and he is not known to be a dinosaur fan. I think my son may grow into it in a few years.best for maybe 15+.

The information and the related Illustrations are perfect. You don't have to read the book from page one tot the last, but you can pick out a subject. That will guide you to what you need to know and lead you to one or another chapter. I discovered this book thanks to Amazon who always send updates about your interests.

A modern comprehensive tome on the subject, heavy in body but not in style. Text and illustrations brought together very well.

This is an excellent book in pretty much every way. If you're a dinosaur but, this is for you. Genuinely fascinating and well written. Enjoy!