The only major difference is that Field's cover is a shameless rip-off of the 'Jurassic Park' T.rex.Ģ) Like Dinosaurs' text, Field's is hit-&-miss in terms of getting the facts straight. Richmond, Field 'is just a chopped up version of the illustrations from' Dinosaurs. In this review, I list the 3 major differences between Brusatte's books.ġ) Again, to quote Reed J. Richmond, Field 'is a slimmed down version of the huge coffee table book that Brusatte did earlier (titled 'Dinosaurs')' (which I reviewed. However, they're also consistently not-so-good sources for casual readers/the enthusiast.

In fact, it may be the worst expert-authored popular dino book I've ever read.īenton & Brusatte are consistently good sources for the specialist (E.g. 'The Ultimate Dinosaur Encyclopedia'), Brusatte's 'Field Guide to Dinosaurs' (henceforth Field) was never the best or even just decent in its own right. Short version: If you want the best dino field guide for casual readers, get Holtz/Brett-Surman's 'Jurassic World Dinosaur Field Guide'. His most recent book The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World (2018), written for the adult lay person, won widespread acclaim, and was a New York Times bestseller. In addition to his scientific papers and technical monographs, his popular book Dinosaurs (2008) and the textbook Dinosaur Paleobiology (2012) earned him accolades, and he became the resident palaeontologist and scientific consultant for the BBC Earth and 20th Century Fox's 2013 film Walking With Dinosaurs, which is followed by his popular book Walking with Dinosaurs Encyclopedia. He is currently a Reader in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Edinburgh. He was educated at the University of Chicago for his BS degree, at the University of Bristol for his MSc on a Marshall Scholarship, and finally at the Columbia University for MPhil and PhD. Stephen Louis Brusatte (born April 24, 1984) is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, who specializes in the anatomy and evolution of dinosaurs. Author writes under the penname Stephen Brusatte as well.

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