the rise and fall of the dinosaurs: the untold story of a lost world: steve brusatte

* The Spectator * A masterpiece of science writing * The Washington Post * An up-to-the-minute account of the long history and remarkable biology of the extraordinary animals that capture the imagination of every child. Brusatte is as adept a scientific storyteller as any reader could ask for. Oliver Moody * The Times * A vibrant view of how dinosaurs originated and what happened to our Mesozoic favourites. He is excellent company as a narrator, steering a course between pedantry and patronising oversimplification with flair, and unafraid to guide the reader through some fairly complicated patches of science when he feels it is worth it. Brusatte has a wonderful knack for conjuring vivid worlds out of a few shards of petrified bone. Tom Holland * The Sunday Times * A gripping read in the best traditions of popular science - Andrew Anthony * The Observer * The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a lovely book. the best book on the subject written for the general reader since the 1980s. rex, and feathered raptor dinosaurs preserved in lava from China.Īt a time when Homo sapiens has existed for less than 200,000 years and we are already talking about planetary extinction, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a timely reminder of what humans can learn from the magnificent creatures who ruled the earth before us.

He offers thrilling accounts of some of the remarkable discoveries he has made, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs, monstrous carnivores even larger than T. In this hugely ambitious and engrossing story of how dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet, using the fossil clues that have been gathered using state of the art technology, Steve Brusatte, one of the world's leading paleontologists, follows these magnificent creatures from the Early Triassic period at the start of their evolution, through the Jurassic period to their final days in the Cretaceous' and the legacy that they left behind.Īlong the way, Brusatte introduces us to the cast of new dinosaur hunters and gives an insight into what it's like to be a paleontologist whose job it is to hunt for dinosaurs. Today a new generation of dinosaur hunters, armed with cutting edge technology, is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs created a hugely successful empire that lasted for around 150 million years. 66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth.

The rise and fall of the dinosaurs: the untold story of a lost world: steve brusatte