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Tyrannosaurus rex, the Tyrant King (Life of the Past) Hardcover – Download: Adobe Reader, July 17, 2008

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With its massive head, enormous jaws, and formidable teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex has long been the young person's favorite creepy carnivore in the Mesozoic zoo. Nor has T. rex been ignored by the scientific community, as this new collection amply demonstrates. Scientists explore such questions as why T. rex had such small forelimbs; how the dinosaur moved; what bone pathologies tell us about life in the Cretaceous; and whether T. rex was a predator, a scavenger, or both. There are reports on newly discovered skeletons, on variation and sexual dimorphism, and how the big beasts chewed. The methods used by the contributors to unlock the mysteries of T. rex range from "old fashioned" stratigraphy to contemporary computer modeling. Together they yield a wealth of new information about one of the dinosaur world's most famous carnivores. An enclosed CD-ROM presents additional photographic and filmed reconstructions of the mighty beast.

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    Indiana University Press
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    July 17, 2008
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  6. Dimensions
    7.32 x 1.28 x 10.3 inches
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    0253350875
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"Though the chapters are somewhat technical, most interested readers will find them fascinating and of great interest. This volume is a major contribution to dinosaur research. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Academic and public libraries, all levels.January 2009"―Choice

"In all, 'Tyrannosaurus rex, the Tyrant King' is an interesting read. It provides food for thought about a number of controversial topics in dinosaurian biology, and definitive evidence in support of even more hypotheses.6(3) (2009)"―Palarch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology

"Tyrannosaurus rex is unquestionably the most charismatic dinosaur, the star of countless Hollywood monster movies. In reality this dinosaur was no monster, but an animal trying to meet the same survival challenges faced by other species, both living and extinct. The contributors to this book shed considerable light on what life was like for one of the most spectacular predators of all time."―James O. Farlow, co-editor, The Complete Dinosaur

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Tyrannosaurus rex is unquestionably the most charismatic dinosaur, the star of countless Hollywood monster movies. In reality this dinosaur was no monster, but an animal trying to meet the same survival challenges faced by other species, both living and extinct. The contributors to this book shed considerable light on what life was like for one of the most spectacular predators of all time.

-- James O. Farlow ― co-editor, The Complete Dinosaur

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indiana University Press; HAR/CDR edition (July 17, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0253350875
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0253350879
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.46 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 1.28 x 10.3 inches
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Apollos
5.0 out of 5 stars Not For The Casual Reader!
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013
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This book has a lot of good photographs and drawings of Tyrannosaurus skeletons. It also has a very interesting table near the beginning of the book with the dates and locations that T-Rex skeletons were discovered from 1900 to 2005.

But as someone else has pointed out, it is largely written from a technical point of view, not unlike a physician's detailed report of a surgery that he performed.

I consider myself to be technically minded, but a lot of this book's contents were way over my head. So, if you are looking for a book that gives a lot of info about T-Rex's, described in general terms, I would say that this book is NOT for you.

I gave it 5 stars because of the many instructive tables, drawings, and photographs in it; and because I can appreciate the considerable worth of this book from a scientific viewpoint.
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Stephen C. Hick
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots Of Stuff On T Rex
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2008
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I really liked this book, it is a series of papers presented at a conference hosted by the Black Hills Institute (if memory serves). It contains most of the current state of discussions on T Rex of a few years ago. The articles range in technical detail - some are easy for a layman to read, some others are practically the same as what would be published in a technical journal, and very dense and opaque. But rewarding if you work through them. One article forced my to create a glossary and map of the skull bones so I could track the discussion. Not for those who enjoy pretty pictures, but those who want to know where the current thought is, several different sides of it. (Although the T. Rex as obligate scavenger POV was not as well represented as others)
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Thomas Monroe
5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2013
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I've wanted to pick this up for some time and I'm sure there have been advances in what's been learned since its' publish date but this is a fantastic book. The addition of the CD-ROM with supplementary material, brief as it is, is nothing but a bonus. I'm very much a novice armchair dinologist ( made that up on the spot ) but find I can clearly understand even the most in depth discourses provided here - reading a lot of this stuff forces one to delve into glossaries in many different fields.

Highly recommended!
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S. Templar
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book !
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2008
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This is the best book, to date, devoted entirely to the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. While it is not perfect, it is as good as they get. I highly recommend this book. It will inspire those who will take us to the next level in understanding these magnificent creatures. I wish this book existed when I was doing my own research; it would have saved me quite a bit of time.

Dr. Stephen W. Templar, Author: rexGun  rexGun
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Dougmoser
5.0 out of 5 stars Tyrannosaurus Rex--Life of the Past
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2008
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There is nothing I want to know before I bought this book. I thought it was okay the way it is. The book is very informative and rather technical. Other than that, it is very, very enjoyable. Dinosaurs have always been a favorite of mine, and I always wanted to learn at least a few new and exciting things about the subject. I hope to continue learning more, which is why I enjoyed Tyrannosaurus Rex--Life of the Past.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2017
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For the informed amateur this book is the bomb...
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DC
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2012
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this book was flat out awesome!!!! There are very in depth studies done on rex from head to toe. this book has the latest and non biased info on rex's small arms, locomotive ability's, eye sight, hunting strategy, and too many other topics to list.
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michael duran
5.0 out of 5 stars Tyrannosaurus Rex is without a doubt the most awesome land carnivore nature has ever produced
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2015
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Killer book! It is 7 years old now,and there have been new discoverys,and studys so we need a revised edition. Tyrannosaurus Rex is without a doubt the most awesome land carnivore nature has ever produced.
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J J Boulton
5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased.
Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2023
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Easy read with my academic background.
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, must have.
Reviewed in Italy on March 3, 2023
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This book is amazing, it's a collection of scientific papers on T.rex, all of them very interesting and detailed, the first one alone, with the list and description of known specimens is worth the price.
It's already outdated, being from 2008, and more specimens coming to the light but a must have nonetheless.
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Martel Bertrand
5.0 out of 5 stars Une plongée dans l'intimité du "lézard tyran"
Reviewed in France on July 2, 2009
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Un recueil certes très technique mais qui ravira les amateurs éclairés. Le lecteur découvre les aspects les plus fouillés du travail des chercheurs pour interpréter les fossiles et percer petit à petit les secrets de ce formidable dinosaure. Des contributions signées par quelques-uns de meilleurs spécialistes....Le livre est accompagné d'un CD Rom présentant des animations de très belle qualité.
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Modernistocrat Horatio Alger
3.0 out of 5 stars Not fit for a king
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2008
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This is a specialist volume for scientists and very educated amateurs interested in Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs. It celebrates an auspicious 100th anniversary of the discovery of the first T. rex bones. Does it live up to The Tyrant King's glory?

Not really. As usual for the Life of the Past series, it is a conglomeration of short articles with tiny nuggets of information (and then sometimes wild scenarios perched precariously upon those), some entertaining pieces that contain little science but are a bit fun, a few longwinded essays that unfortunately have seen little editing, and some decent reviews and summaries of specimens and other data.

If you study T. rex as a scientist, it's a must have. If you're just casually interested, look elsewhere for more general audience-oriented books. It is quite patchy in coverage (not a unified synthesis of T. rex biology), is missing quite a few of the major living experts on T. rex, and is mediocre in overall scientific quality. The peer review of the articles, as is typical for many books, seems not very rigorous; a third rate journal would never publish most of them.

Overall it was a bit disappointing but contained enough nuggets of useful information and extreme viewpoints to engender controversy (or at least raised eyebrows that they were published in the state they're in) to make it an OK purchase. A highlight is the opening review of known T. rex specimens with historical notes and a few pictures.
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