Most Popular Books by Dougal Dixon

Some plant-eating dinosaurs of the world had sharp horns and armored neck plates. Learn how these dinosaurs used horns and armor to defend themselves from attack or to scare away predators.

With over 130 colossal creatures to spot across 17 scenes and fun facts to discover throughout, this roarsome, clawsome search-and-find adventure is perfect for young dinosaur lovers. With bright, humorous cartoon illustrations and fascinating facts.

Gives simple and direct answers to questions about the dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Looks at when life began and what early animals looked like. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Presents 1001 facts about dinosaurs.

An introduction to rocks and minerals.

This seminal book covers every important dinosaur find. A comprehensive introduction explains the evolution of the dinosaurs, their adaptation, specialization, habitats and locations. The main section is an encyclopedia of 1000 dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures. Entries give size and shape, muscle and bone structure, plus explanations of how the animal moved, hunted and defended itself. Each main entry has a highly detailed and technically accurate illustration, and a map showing the sites where fossils have been found. With its unique combination of the latest expert research and visual reconstruction, this is an essential reference for school and home study.

Step inside the fascinating world of the dinosaurs and find out the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask. Full-color illustrations depict dinosaurs in their natural habitat, while more than 30 lively questions and answers describe the dinosaurs and ancient life.

An expanded edition of Dougal Dixon''s classic illustrated work of speculative biology, published to celebrate the book''s 40th anniversary. Features a new cover and more than 10 pages of never before seen sketches and production material. In 1981 St Martin''s Press published After Man, the first edition of palaeontologist Dougal Dixon''s vision of an ''alternative evolution'': one without mankind.

Describes various kinds of dinosaurs, including Parasaurolophus, Allosaurus, and Ornitholestes, and discusses how dinosaurs hunted, their life cycle, and how paleontologists learn about them.

A dormant volcano is about to explode, threatening to devastate a nearby city. Follow a young journalist as he joins a team of experts that is tracking the chain of events surrounding the volcanic eruption. Will the team survive the explosion? The exciting and innovativeExpedition Earthseries leads readers on up-close and personal adventures to natural disasters. Young readers experience the action first-hand through diary entries. Real-life case studies and scientific information are presented through captions, reports, maps, and fact boxes. The unique journal format brings together fact and fiction to create an explosive story that readers won''t soon forget. Following a young journalist on search and rescue missions around the world, the reader will investigate the natural processes behind major phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and see first hand the devastating consequences for people living in the disaster areas. At every stage of the expedition the reader sees what the experts are seeing and learns what they are learning, using scientific methods. A fictional story unwraps through diary entries, while real-life case studies and scientific information are presented through captions, reports, maps, and fact boxes. An index and glossary are included. This series supplements school curriculum in science and social studies.

e.guides Dinosaur presents the landmark discoveries of the last 200 years, goes on location with today''''s great fossil hunters, investigating and analyzing their finds, and follows the reconstruction processes behind the creation of life-size museum models. Dramatic illustrations bring to life the best-known finds by combining the latest scholarship and the latest, dazzling Photoshop and CGI techniques. This brand new reference series reflects and enhances how today''s young researchers gather, assess, and present information. Part of DK and Google''s exciting family reference partnership, e.guides look at core topics from many angles, including facts, data boxes, charts, and more. The book that''s online - with a dedicated web site and all the latest links.

Explains how life evolved on earth and how scientists use fossils to learn about prehistoric animals.

This major new atlas offers the first complete look at the evolution of the Earth, from the beginning of the solar system to the present-day. Its six sections are divided into 18 chapters setting out the geological and biological developments of each major geological period. The volume''s final section looks at the ways in which the Earth and its biosphere are still evolving today. The distribution today of types of rock, geological formations, fossils and modern species are explained, and the processes of natural evolution and of landscape formation through plate tectonics are revealed here as never before.