The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

Posted on 10 September 2017 by Stephen Brusatte

THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY, hails Scientific American A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous NatureThe dinosaurs Sixty six million years ago, the Earth s most fearsome creatures vanished Today they remain one of our planet s great mysteries Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200 million year long story as never before.In this captivating narrative enlivened with 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 Captivating and revelatory, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a book for the ages.Brusatte 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 rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and 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 The story continues to the end of the Cretaceous period, when a giant asteroid or comet struck the planet and nearly every dinosaur species but not all died out, in the most extraordinary extinction event in earth s history, one full of lessons for today as we confront a sixth extinction Brusatte also recalls compelling stories from his globe trotting expeditions during one of the most exciting eras in dinosaur research which he calls a new golden age of discovery and offers thrilling accounts of some of the remarkable findings he and his colleagues have made, including primitive human sized tyrannosaurs monstrous carnivores even larger than T rex and paradigm shifting feathered raptors from China.An electrifying scientific history that unearths the dinosaurs epic saga, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs will be a definitive and treasured account for decades to come. Free Read The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs [ Author ] Stephen Brusatte [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Image from the Smithsonian Hope A Tyrannosaurus Rex is a thing with feathers Emily Dickinson Steve Brusatte Wait, what You re kidding, right Say it ain t so Well, there is some disagreement about this among paleontologists, but, according to Steve Brusatte, while they may not have matched up to Marc Bolan in a boa, and the feathers in question were maybelike porcupine quills than the fluffy sort of plumage one might find on, say, an ostrich, those things poking out of the T rex Image from the Smithsonian Hope A Tyrannosaurus Rex is a thing with feathers Emily Dickinson Steve Brusatte Wait, what You re kidding, right Say it ain t so Well, there is some disagreement about this among paleontologists, but, according to Steve Brusatte, while they may not have matched up to Marc Bolan in a boa, and the feathers in question were maybelike porcupine quills than the fluffy sort of plumage one might find on, say, an ostrich, those things po...Dinosaurs For me that word is enough to at least flip through the pages of a book Brusatte s work can be easily considered as a layman s guide to dinosaurs Really enjoyed the almost casual and anecdotal narrative by the author, made me feel less dumb for not knowing anything scientific about the species Quite remarkable how fast I finished reading this one, considering that I take lottime reading non fics It was definitely a hard to put down away kind of a book I liked how the autho Dinosaurs For me that word is enough to at least flip through the pages of a book Brusatte s work can be easily considered as a layman s guide to dinosaurs Really enjoyed the almost casual ...Another ambivalent three stars for a book that has two strands of highly varying success in my opinion.The good part of the book is the clear and vivid writing about dinosaurs I particularly liked learning new things about dinosaur like creatures that lived among them but happen to fall outside the classification, and reasons why dinosaurs could evolve to be absolutely gigantic those big sauropods or fly I liked reading about the nomenclature of new and unusual finds it s not all Latin anym Another ambivalent three stars for a book that has two strands of highly varying success in my opinion.The good part of the book is the clear and vivid writing about dinosaurs I particularly liked learning new things about dinosaur like creatures that lived among them but happen to fall outside the classification, and reasons why dinosaurs could evolve to be absolutely gigantic tho...It s not easy to put scientists current understanding of the whole dinosaur world into perspective, but this book accomplishes that feat beautifully The narrative writing style is so friendly and accessible that readers can sit back and enjoy the ride as Brusatte takes us on a captivating chronological tour of the Mesozoic the Age of Reptiles beginning about 250 million years ago and ending 66 million years ago with the fam...If you re in the market for an expertly written but approachable guide to all things dinosaurs, this is your book Author and paleontologist Steve Brusatte has written a scientific narrative that effectively spans the entire career of the dinosaurs on this planet, and he makes this story both understandable and legitimately exciting for all non paleontologist readers What s , he paints a vivid and extremely entertaining picture of the bl...Those darn dinosaurs If things had unfolded a little differently back then, who knows what the modern world would be like It s like wondering what might have happened if the archduke was never shot.The whole these were the coolest beings that ever roamed the earth moniker has always made me a dino fan The amazing variations of these huge oddballs have always been intriguing and this book does its best to piece everything together Which is a very good thing, because there have been so many new Those darn dinosaurs If things had unfolded a little differently back then, who knows what the modern world would be l...I just read this book I cannot recommend it enough It is a well written, well researched, enjoyable book It ties personal stories of fieldwork and his scientist friends with a factual, scientific, complete story of dinosaurs His discussions on evolution are clear and to the point Dr Brusatte explains what is known and what is still unknown in the world of dinosaurs I think scientists would enjoy this book, and I know the lay person will benefit greatly from reading it I am recommending I just read this book I cannot recommend it enough It is a well written, well researched, enjoyable book It ties personal stories of fieldwork and his scientist friends with a factual, scientific, complete story of dinosaurs His discussions on evolution are ...48th book for 2018.My three year old daughter loves dinosaurs So I have gradually trying upgrade my pretty antiquated knowledge by reading a few books This is by far the best general introduction I have come across, and confirms by belief that working scientists if they can write make for far superior authors of popular science books than journalists Brusatte offers a fascinating paleo history of the reign of the dinosaurs, from their beginnings in the Triassic, their rise to dominance in t 48th book for 2018.My three year old daughter loves dinosaurs So I have gradually tryi...I ve never read a book this long faster than this This book really is a triumph I have been obsessed with dinosaurs since I was 10 and this book came at a time where I was beginning to rekindle that interest The author has breathed life into a world that is still outdated in many people s minds dinosaurs are seen as large scaly monsters that were evolutionary deadends This couldn t befalse dinosaurs are among the most succes...I found this a highly readable and informative account of the latest developments in dinosaur science I was a massive dinosaur nerd as a kid and read a brilliant weekly dinosaur magazine for several years, but I haven t followed dinosaur developments since about 2000 This book brought me up to date with admirable clarity and brevity It essentially retells the natural history of the dinosaurs from their evolution to partial extinction While all the key events and dinosaurs are discussed T I found this a highly readable and informative account of the latest developments in dinosaur science I was a massive dinosaur nerd as a kid and read a brilliant weekly dinosaur magazine for several years, but I haven t followed dinosaur developments since about 2000 This book brought me up to date with admirable clarity and brevity It essentially retells the natural history of the dinosaurs from their evolution to partial extinction While all the key events and dinosaurs are discussed T Rex etc , Brusatte emphasises the very latest discoveries, which he has often played a role in He cleverly avoids repetition by choosing particular stories to illustrate different ways of studying dinosaur history So we get a fascinating ecological history of the Triassic, when dinosaurs evolved an evolutionary history of different groups, such as the long necked sauropods, and birds which should truly be thoug...

10 September 2017

Stephen Brusatte