在过去的二十年中，恐龙研究已从自然历史变为可检验的科学。新技术揭示了被锁在骨头里的秘密，这是以前没人预料到的，我们现在可以弄清楚出恐龙的颜色，它们的咬合力，速度和亲代抚育以及它们如何慢慢灭绝的。这本开创性的书说明了科学如何取代了推测以及我们对恐龙及其世界的理解如何彻底改变的。这个主题从来没有像现在这样充满活力，从来没有变化得如此之快，并且从未吸引过这么多人。

Startling new fossil finds are the lifeblood of modern palaeobiology. Giant sauropod dinosaur skeletons from Patagonia, dinosaurs with feathers from China, and even a tiny dinosaur tail in Burmese amber complete down to every detail of its filament-like feathers, skin, bones and mummified tail muscles inspire awe in a global audience enthralled by the idea of these great creatures walking the earth. Dinosaurs are of perennial interest to all ages, as illustrated by the huge range of dino-themed films, books and live attractions, from the enduring popularity of the Jurassic Park franchise to the success of London s immersive Dinosaurs in the Wild experience.

In the past twenty years, dinosaur study has changed from natural history to testable science. New technologies have revealed secrets locked in the bones in a way nobody predicted we can now work out the colour of dinosaurs, their bite forces, speeds and parental care as well as how they came to die out.This groundbreaking book illustrates how science has replaced speculation and how our understanding of dinosaurs and their world hascompletely changed. The subject has never been so vigorous, has never changed so fast, and has never been so attractive to so many.