steve brusatte the rise and fall of the dinosaurs

Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story as never before. Today they remain one of our planet's great mysteries. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. 'A masterpiece of science writing.' - Washington Post A New York Times Bestseller - Goodreads Choice Awards Winner - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Smithsonian, Science Friday, The Times (London), Popular Mechanics, Science News '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 The dinosaurs.

'THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY,' hails Scientific American A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists.

Brusatte is not shy about saying what is not yet known, while making it clear that this is a truly exciting period, in which new fossils are being uncovered at a dizzying pace. His explanations of how sauropods became so large, the reasons for the dominance of Tyrannosaurus rex, the evolution of flying ability in some dinosaurs, and the factors leading to the demise of most of these creatures are carefully crafted and presented. Brusatte does a superb job of relating current research, both his own and that of many colleagues around the globe.

This volume is a mix of memoir, chronicling Brusatte’s personal odyssey from a child smitten by dinosaurs to a member of a vibrant scholarly community, and first-rate science writing for the general public. His captivating text explores the excitement associated with searching for and discovering new dinosaur species, provides clues to many long-standing questions associated with dinosaurs, and furthers the understanding of ecological and evolutionary principles.

As Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh, ably demonstrates, dinosaurs are not just for kids.

Steve brusatte the rise and fall of the dinosaurs