Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs

Natural History, March, 1998

The Encyclopedia contains 275 alphabetically arranged entries - from dinosaur groups to fossil sites and natural history museums - each cross-referenced. While visually engaging, this book is essentially a reference work, and the writing assumes a good deal of scientific literacy.

The Complete Dinosaur is arranged thematically (one of its six sections is on "Dinosaurs in the Media"). In keeping with the editors' goal of presenting a volume both authoritative and "as readable as possible," anatomical and other scientific terms are clarified within the text, but the science is full strength, and competing theories are allowed full play. The book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium, and some sections are good for a complete read-through.