Presents the author's theories on dinosaurs, principally, that they were warm-blooded, and takes issue with many current theories held by scholars and the general public. Also offers an explanation of why dinosaurs became extinct.

Includes index.

Brontosaurus in the Great Hall at Yale -- Wyoming reverie : meditation on the geological text -- Mesozoic class warfare : cold-bloods versus the fabulous furballs -- Dinosaurs score where Komodo dragons fail -- The case of the brontosaurus : finding the body -- Gizzard stones and brontosaurus menus -- The case of the duckbill's hand -- Dinosaurs at table -- When dinosaurs invented flowers -- The teutonic diplodocus : a lesson for gait and carriage -- Mesozoic arms race -- Defense without armor -- Dinosaurs take to the air -- Archaeopteryx paternity suit : the dinosaur-bird connection -- Sex and intimidation : the body language of dinosaurs -- The warm-blooded tempo of the dinosaurs' growth -- Strong hearts, stout lungs, and big brains -- Eaters and eaten as the test of warm-bloodedness -- Punctuated equilibrium : the evolutionary timekeeper -- The Kazanian revolution : setting the stage for the dinosauria -- The twilight of the dinosaurs -- Dinosaurs have class.