Ebook Explains Why Dinosaurs Were So Large

A recent electronic book published by One-off Publishing claims to explain why dinosaurs and the mega beasts were so gigantic. The ebook Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth by Stephen Hurrell suggests that the dinosaurs grew so large because they lived in a reduced gravity.

(PRWEB) November 9, 2004 -- A recent electronic book published by One-off Publishing claims to explain why dinosaurs and the mega beasts were so gigantic. The ebook Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth by Stephen Hurrell suggests that the dinosaurs grew so large because they lived in a reduced gravity. Several Earth Scientists, most notably Professor S Warren Carey, have proposed the concept of a reduced gravity in the geological past, but Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth is unique in examining how such a reduction in gravity would have affected the size of prehistoric life.

Theres one thing everyone knows about dinosaurs, they could be big -- very big. In the Jurassic Park films the dinosaurs were shown at the correct size. A T. rex could eat an accountant in one massive chomp, and it would be possible to drive a jeep between the legs of the largest of the vegetarian browsers.

Some people wonder how dinosaurs could become so big. Dinosaur experts have pointed out that calculations show that a T. rexs leg muscles wouldnt be able to move it fast enough to enable it to run after any prey. Many of the larger dinosaurs would suffer fatal injuries if they stumbled and fell since the fall would result in broken bones and massive internal injuries. It seems an odd state of affairs.

One author, Stephen Hurrell, thinks he has an answer to this perplexing puzzle. He believes the dinosaurs lived in a reduced gravity and because they weighed less they could become large.

The contention that gravity was reduced in the past seems an astonishing claim, but Hurrell explains how some well known and respected scientists believe there is geological evidence that gravity was less in the past. Professor S Warren Carey claimed for many years that geological evidence indicates that the earth was smaller in size and mass, and this would mean gravity was less in the past. We can see how gravity would be smaller if we look at Mars or the Moon; these are both smaller in size and so have a reduced gravity compared to the Earth."

But wasnt Professor Carey a lone maverick who no one took seriously? Hurrell strongly refutes this claim. There are over one hundred scientific papers by various authors, a number of books and various conferences held about the expanding earth theory, so I certainly dont think Professor Carey was alone in his beliefs"

Stephen Hurrell is the author of Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth, which was recently published as a 116 page ebook by One-off Publishing. He describes his book as, explaining how the dinosaurs could be highly active and dynamic creatures capable of dominating the land despite their large size".

Hurrell thinks he can use the principles described in his ebook to calculate the value of gravity in the past. He agrees a reduced gravity for the dinosaurs seems an astonishing idea but notes that once you begin to consider the concept you realise that its only a slight modification of the widely held belief of earth formation - except for the time scale. Currently held theories have the earth forming well before the dinosaurs, but the expanding earth concept just changes the timing so the earth was still forming during the dinosaurs time. We are talking of some astonishing time scales here. Have you ever considered how long 65 million years is? Its plenty of time for the earth to continue forming."

But does the expanding earth theory mean the earth is still expanding and we are all getting heavier? Yes, but once again its the amount of time involved compared to the immense time scales we see with the dinosaurs. A human life time is such a short time that the change in gravity is insignificant."

Still. No Jurassic Park dinosaurs then? At least not at the gigantic sizes they lived in the past. A T. rex would only be about 3 or 4 foot high in our gravity".

Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth by Stephen Hurrell is available in ebook format from One-off Publishing (www.oneoffpublishing.com) using secure payment and instant download. The ebook explains why the dinosaurs were so gigantic.

Notes for Editors
Dinosaurs lived during most of the Mesozoic Era. This period in the earth's history lasted from about 248 million to 65 million years ago. T. rex is still the largest and most robust carnivorous dinosaur known from a complete skeleton, although it is possible that Giganotosaurus, a newly discovered dinosaur from Argentina, and Carcharodontosaurus from Morocco were even bigger than T. rex. The largest known T. rex is: 42 feet (12.8 meters) long, 13 feet (4.0 meters) high at the hips, 7 tons (6.4 metric tonnes) estimated live weight with 58 teeth.

Expanding Earth theories have been promoted by many authors, most notably Professor S Warren Carey who wrote a number of books on the subject including Earth Universe Cosmos, Theories of the Earth and Universe, The Expanding Earth, plus many scientific papers on the subject.

Stephen Hurrell was born in 1956 in Great Britain. He is a practising engineering designer and is married with a son. Whilst designing scaled engineering structures at the Electricity Research Centre, he became interested in scale effects on structures and applied these same scale effect principles to develop his theory about dinosaurs living in a reduced gravity world.

One-off Publishing is a small independent publisher specialising in ebooks about unique ideas and concepts.

Book Details
Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth
by Stephen Hurrell
Format: eBook for Adobe reader
ISBN: 095226031X
Publisher: One-off Publishing
Pages: 116
Figures: 47
Recommended Price: 5.95
Available for instant download from: www.oneoffpublishing.com/dea

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