the rise and fall of the dinosaurs by steve brusatte

This gifted scientist and writer re-creates the dinosaurs’ peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, when thousands of species thrived, and winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds, emerged. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and more.

Captivating and revelatory, 'The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs' is a book for the ages.īrusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers-themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period-into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today, T. Steve Brusatte discusses 'The Rise and Fall of The Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World.' A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.Ībout the book: In this captivating narrative (enlivened with more than seventy original illustrations and photographs), Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field-naming fifteen new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork-masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy. “Brusatte skillfully brings dead dino bones to life as he shares-no, gushes about-his personal journey as a young fossil hunter and the people he’s met along the way … The beauty of this book lies in the details, too, and in the stories of the scientists who dig them up.”-New York Times Book Review 'This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous.' -Nature

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The rise and fall of the dinosaurs by steve brusatte