Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient

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Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere

For 65 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earthâ€”until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned scientist now provides a startling explanation that is rewriting the history of the Age of Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were pretty amazing creaturesâ€”real-life monsters that have the power to fascinate us. And their fiery Hollywood ending only serves to make the story that much more dramatic. But fossil evidence demonstrates that dinosaurs survived several mass extinctions, and were seemingly unaffected by catastrophes that decimated most other life on Earth. What could explain their uncanny ability to endure through the ages? Biologist and earth scientist Peter Ward now accounts for the remarkable indestructibility of dinosaurs by connecting their unusual respiration system with their ability to adapt to Earthâ€™s changing environmentâ€”a system that was ultimately bequeathed to their descendants, birds. By tracing the evolutionary path back through time and carefully connecting the dots from birds to dinosaurs, Ward describes the unique form of breathing shared by these two distant relatives and demonstrates how this simple but remarkable characteristic provides the elusive explanation to a question that has thus far stumped scientists. Nothing short of revolutionary in its bold presentation of an astonishing theory, Out of Thin Air is a story of science at the edge of discovery. Ward is an outstanding guide to the process of scientific detection. Audacious and innovative in his thinking, meticulous and thoroughly detailed in his research, only a scientist of his caliber is capable of telling this surprising story.

Country	USA
Author	Peter Ward
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780309141246
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Joseph Henry Press
Manufacturer	Joseph Henry Press
NumberOfPages	296
PublicationDate	2006-09-26
Publisher	Joseph Henry Press
ReleaseDate	2006-09-26
Studio	Joseph Henry Press

Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere

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