The Modern Scholar

Behold the Mighty Dinosaur

De: John Kricher

Narrado por: John Kricher

Dinosaurs have been a source of fascination ever since their discovery in England early in the 19th century. Before their extinction, dinosaurs dominated Earth's terrestrial habitats for about 160 million years, far longer than primates. Dinosaurs present the ultimate puzzle in forensic science, but we have learned a great deal about them in the last 50 years. This lecture series will explain the evolutionary and ecological relationships among dinosaurs, what it might have been like to be present in the Mesozoic Era, and the question of what ultimately brought about the total extinction of all dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Although extinct, dinosaurs have never been more a focus of science than they are today.©2007 John Kricher (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC

Reintroducing Self to Dinosaurs(zoological fan)

A very clearly written lecture series that is very informative to the casual or blooming dinosaur fan. I highly recommend this lecture series, I only wish it was longer. The narration is really very good, I don't think it could be better for this type of read. The subject matter includes many of the interesting topics regarding surprisingly interesting paleontological history, and covers most of the major information in what we have learned about dinosaurs in recent years. I typically only listen to narration of fiction, yet this was just as enjoyable, explanations of more complex ideas are well explained for the casual fan, but never felt too dumbed down. If there were a 'part 2' or more in depth version, I would get it without question. If you enjoy the chapter about feathers, I recommend the book "Feathers" also available on Audible(sorry, cant look up authors name).

John Kricher is a terrific teacher

In order to explain a complicated subject the teacher has to be very very well versed in the subject to explain it clearly, and John Kricher is clear without being condescending.

Professor Kricher touches lightly, but intelligently on the history of dinosaur hunters and their Museum directors, the earth's geological timeline and which dinosaurs existed in which era, and the anatomy of the subgroups of dinosaurs. If the man did not go deeply into each topic, it is because it would have taken several semesters of intensive course work to just to scrape the top of the geology, comparative anatomy, and the social history of the people who originally found and named the prehistoric bones. I enjoy listening to scholars who obviously enjoy their subject. I recommend this work to anyone interested in geology and history, not just dinosaurs.

Awesome

Wonderfully easy to listen to and extremely interesting and entertaining. There's a lot of joy and excitement about dinosaurs to be found in these lectures

explore with Indiana Jones

Fascinating, inspiring, and memorable to the end. Listens like an audiobook, not a lecture. Explains what we know, don't know, and how we find out answers to the first questions that come to the layman's mind. The professor's narration is delightful. I only wish he had narrated the other half dozen audiobooks on natural history that I have listened to.

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This is a great easy to listen to book with a lot of information that any person wouldn't know. Also a great time passer