Out of Thin Air Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere

Name: Out of Thin Air Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere
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ISBN: 9780309100618

ISBN-10: 0309100615

ISBN-13: 9780309100618

Edition: 2006

Authors: Peter Ward, Joseph Henry Press Book Staff

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: National Academies Press
Publication date: 9/26/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

He is a freelance cameraman and television trainer working with International Training and Television Consultancy. He is ex-Chairman of the Guild of Television Cameramen and former Head of Cameras at Television South West.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Respiration and the Body Plans of Animal Life



Oxygen Through Time



Evolving Respiratory Systems as a Cause of the Cambrian Explosion



The Ordovician: Cambrian Explosion Part II



The Silurian-Devonian: How an Oxygen Spike Allowed the First Conquest of Land



The Carboniferous-Early Permian: High Oxygen, Fires, and Giants



The Permian Extinction and the Evolution of Endothermy



The Triassic Explosion



The Jurassic: Dinosaur Hegemony in a Low-Oxygen World



The Cretaceous Extinction and the Rise of Large Mammals



Should We Fear the Oxygen Future?


References


Appendix


Index