In April 2011 the Natural History Museum will transport visitors back to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods in the new blockbuster exhibition, Age of Dinosaurs. Life-sizedinosaur models, ultra-realistic habitats, and intriguing sounds and smells will bring the world of the dinosaur to life. Published to tie in with the exhibition, Age of Dinosaurs is a great first book about dinosaurs and the world in which they lived.Travel to prehistoric lagoons and ancient forests and explore life on Earth millions of years ago. Discover what the planet’s climate and environment were like and how they evolved. Learn some bite-size facts about the different types of dinosaurs and the many animals and plants that shared their world, and find out how we know all this. How scientists find and study fossils is also revealed.Packed with exciting prehistoric puzzles and games as well as eye-catching photographs of specimens from the Museum’s amazing palaeontological collections. this is a fun and fact-filled introduction to these incredible creatures for budding palaeontologists.

スティーブ・パーカーによる本書は、単なる知識の羅列を超え、地球の壮大な記憶を呼び覚ます生命の賛歌です。博物館の膨大な知見を背景に、ジュラ紀や白亜紀の情景を鮮烈に描く筆致は、失われた太古の鼓動を現代に蘇らせます。化石という沈黙の証言から、かつての楽園の質感を再現する試みは、読者の知的好奇心を激しく揺さぶるでしょう。 特筆すべきは、未知への畏敬を育む「生命の繋がり」という深遠なテーマです。精緻な標本写真や科学的考察を通じて、過去を紐解き未来を展望する探求の真髄を提示しています。悠久の時を越えて恐竜と対峙するロマンが凝縮された、次代の探究者の魂に火を灯す情熱的な一冊です。