Walking on Eggs: The Astonishing Discovery of Thousands of Dinosaur Eggs in the Badlands of Patagonia
by Lowell Dingus, Luis M. Chiappe | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
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I bought this book online from Thriftbooks. It shipped out of their Dallas, TX warehouse to my mailing address in Lewiston, NY, and I brought it back here to my actual home in Cambridge, Ontario. I can see from markings on the book that it was once part of the catalogue at Riverside County Library System, which I believe (based on some quick googling) to be in California. I can also see that it was taken into the inventory of a Goodwill shop somewhere in May of this year.
This book came to my attention because of its setting. I thought it sounded interesting, and thought it would fit well in an Around-the-World reading challenge that I'm doing this year. I hope to have finished with it by the end of 2019.
This book came to my attention because of its setting. I thought it sounded interesting, and thought it would fit well in an Around-the-World reading challenge that I'm doing this year. I hope to have finished with it by the end of 2019.
Before I got this book and started reading it, I was unsure what to expect in terms of whether it was intended as an academic publication, or a retelling of the story for the non-scientific population at large. After having read the book, I'm still not too sure, lol.
I thought the book was interesting. It's somewhat dated in its text, but that's probably a reasonable expectation for any science or tech related book from almost twenty years ago. I noticed it in things like explaining what GPS is, but I would guess that it probably holds true in terms of other things too-- the book talks about recent-at-the-time discoveries in the field of palaeontology, and I would imagine there have been further advances there in the last two decades as well.
As I said, it is rather interesting all in all. It doesn't entirely read like its target audience is just anyone off the street, but it does give a lot of background for those not super familiar with the field. There is a fair bit of science stuff, and there are diagrams/graphs to illustrate some things. I do feel like I benefitted somewhat from having taken some biology in university, but I also think that if a reader has even less of a scientific background than I have but does have a fairly strong interest in science, they might be okay. If you're looking for more of an adventure story, this probably shouldn't be the top of your list.
I thought the book was interesting. It's somewhat dated in its text, but that's probably a reasonable expectation for any science or tech related book from almost twenty years ago. I noticed it in things like explaining what GPS is, but I would guess that it probably holds true in terms of other things too-- the book talks about recent-at-the-time discoveries in the field of palaeontology, and I would imagine there have been further advances there in the last two decades as well.
As I said, it is rather interesting all in all. It doesn't entirely read like its target audience is just anyone off the street, but it does give a lot of background for those not super familiar with the field. There is a fair bit of science stuff, and there are diagrams/graphs to illustrate some things. I do feel like I benefitted somewhat from having taken some biology in university, but I also think that if a reader has even less of a scientific background than I have but does have a fairly strong interest in science, they might be okay. If you're looking for more of an adventure story, this probably shouldn't be the top of your list.
