Too Big to Walk

The New Science of Dinosaurs

By: Brian J. Ford

Narrated by: Chris Courtenay

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 ten 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.

Yup, it's the Sex Lake Book, Better than thought

While Ford's book is a great history of Paleontology, his arrogant framing of concepts and insistence that his theory is just being stifled by foundless out of touch paleontologists comes across as more akin to the communication style of Alex Jones than David Attenborough.
it's sad because I'd genuinely like to read a discussion between the two theories done by two scientists who aren't arrogant.

Too poor to even care.

I tried to listen to this. I tried. But 3 hours in and I've learned more about geology than I had about dinosaurs. I felt like I was being unfair and continued onward when I began to notice some strange details about the author's view on dinosaurs. Scientifically minded, I was willing to listen to an opinion outside the scientific standard view. But this isn't really science. It's really bad conjecture. The author Brian Ford isn't even a paleontologist. Some basic Googling on the author shows there are very real doubts about the scientific validity of his 2012 research into the hypothesis that large dinosaurs had to be aquatic to not crush their own bodies with their weight ignoring the more common perception that large dinosaurs were probably much lighter than early 19th century estimates which were already exaggerated so discoverers could claim finding the largest ever dinos. The arguments contained within are so poorly contrived I will actually ask for a refund on this book and highly advise you don't waste your time with this title. If I could give it 0 stars, I would.

Drama, Science, Dinosaurs!

This reads like a soap opera full of science and history as well as petty scholarly rivalries and Indiana-Jones-esque adventurers.

Not worth your time and money

Spelling out “Professor” in the byline is a giant red flag. Ford’s insistence that the entire field of Paleontology is wrong is not only insanely narcissistic but is also false. His claim in the first pages that the metabolic requirement for maintaining tail posture, while on the surface is worth a listen, does not hold up, and if he is as educated as he claims he ought to have immediately seen the flaws in it.
Don’t waste your time or money on this book, it’s garbage pseudoscience. Ford just wants attention and thinks he is smarter than the rest of the planet.
“The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs” is a far far better use of your resources.

Very Informative

This is the kind of book that I love! There is lots of scientific data to back up everything that he says. He is very thorough, and gives lots of background and biographical info on almost every individual. His theory really makes you think, and that is so much fun.