Dinosaurs: A Time Team Special
30 December 2001

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Further reading

Walking with Dinosaurs: The facts by Mike Benton (BBC, 2000) £6.99
The BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs series vividly brought to life these extraordinary creatures, and recorded the long-lost world in which they lived. In this book, Professor Mike Benton, a specialist consultant on the programme, sets out to answer anything and everything you ever wanted to know about dinosaurs. Includes a definitive list of all dinosaurs ever named, from 1824 to 2000.

The Natural History Museum Book of Dinosaurs by Tim Gardom and Angela Milner (Natural History Museum, 2001) £14.99
New edition of the Natural History Museum's best-selling book, covering all the latest discoveries, including 'feathered' dinosaurs from China, giants from Argentina and exciting new research on spinosaurs – the fish-eating dinosaurs. A full-colour illustrated guide to everything from what dinosaurs ate to what happened to them. Includes a chapter on our fascination with dinosaurs since the first one was identified 150 years ago.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs by David Norman and Peter Wellnhofer (Salamander Books, 2000) £16.95
An illustrated guide – for adults and children alike – to the fascinating prehistoric world of dinosaurs and pterosaurs.

Dinosaur Heresies by Robert T Bakker (Citadel Press, 2001) £12.95
This groundbreaking book argues that, far from being sluggish reptiles, dinosaurs were actually agile, fast, warmblooded, and intelligent. The author explodes the old orthodoxies and gives us a convincing picture of how dinosaurs hunted, fed, mated, fought and died. Containing over 200 detailed illustrations, The Great Dinosaur Debate will enthrall 'dinosaurmaniacs'. It is a bold new look at the extraordinary reign and eventual extinction of the awesome behemoths who ruled the earth for 150 million years.

Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould (Vintage, 2001) £8.99
his text is a metaphor for the way individuals and unpredictable events influence history. In response, history, suggests the author, is the best model for evolution. The author explores the science of improbable outcomes in this wide-ranging book written on the evolutionary theme.

Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum in London, as well as being the leading research centre and best place to see dinosaur remains in the UK, now provides a wide range of information about dinosaurs on its website at www.nhm.ac.uk, including its new 'Dino Directory'.

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