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Too Big to Walk
- The New Science of Dinosaurs
- Narrated by: Chris Courtenay
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Ever since Jurassic Park we thought we knew how dinosaurs lived their lives. In this remarkable new book, Brian J. Ford reveals that dinosaurs were, in fact, profoundly different from what we believe, and their environment was unlike anything we have previously thought.
In this meticulous and absorbing account, Ford reviews the latest scientific evidence to show that the popular accounts of dinosaurs’ lives contain ideas that are no more than convenient inventions: how dinosaurs mated, how they hunted and communicated, how they nursed their young, even how they moved. He uncovers many surprising details which challenge our most deeply held beliefs - such as the revelation that an asteroid impact did not end the dinosaurs’ existence.
Professor Ford’s illuminating examination changes everything. As he unravels the history of the world, we discover that evolution was not Charles Darwin’s idea; there were many philosophers who published the theory before him. The concept of continental drift and plate tectonics did not begin with Alfred Wegener a century ago but dates back to learned pioneers hundreds of years before his time. Ever since scientists first began to study dinosaurs, they have travelled with each other down the wrong path, and Ford now shows how this entire branch of science has to be rewritten.
A new dinosaur species is announced every 10 days, and more and more information is currently being discovered about how they may have lived: locomotion, hunting, nesting behaviour, distribution, extinction. Ford brings together these amazing discoveries in this controversial new book which undoubtedly will ruffle a few feathers, or scales if you are an old-school dinosaur lover.
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- Olivia
- 09-07-2020
Dino-tastic read!
Loved every minute of this book. The theory of aquatic dinosaurs seems so odd to begin but now in converted. Was so interesting to see how slow to change the palaeontological community is even since the beginning.
Can’t wait to read more about the fascinating creature that once walked/swam/moved slowly across the Earth.
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- gary Fallon
- 06-08-2019
Unconvential thinking in a conventional world.
Mr Ford uses the phase "..the science indicates... ", when in reality the real science is ready to start. He has a very interesting and plausible hypothesis, that is compatible with what is observed from the fossil record and with a few scientists thoughts from the past. He now needs to develop projects to test the viability of the hypothesis. This is no mean feat given the foresenic work required to explore the fossil record. However, testing the hypothesis is the Science!
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- Jo
- 26-11-2021
Don't Read This One
I'm sorry, but don't waste your money. I thought this would be an interesting view on an alternative theory, but it's just gobbledygook. There's no evidence or data to support the theory and parts of the book are just the author recounting arguments he's had with people that don't buy his theory. Save your money, pick something else.
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