Superbly illustrated with photos and art, this is popular-science writing at its best. About the Author Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and a specialist on the evolution of dinosaurs. A fascinating chapter points out that dinosaurs are not extinct, as one lineage did survive the chaos at the end of the Cretaceous: we call them birds. 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. rex by measuring skulls, map dinosaur genealogies as the continents drift, and see the evidence that the strike of a giant comet or asteroid spelled the end of their reign. We follow researchers as they study dinosaur tracks, use computer models to determine body sizes and weights, trace the growth of T.
With both dino-geek glee and science-writer exactitude, Brusatte travels the world as he tells the story of the rise of dinosaurs, from their origin in the Triassic to their eventual near extinction at the end of the Cretaceous. We are in a new golden age of dinosaur science, and Brusatte, author of a textbook, Dinosaur Paleobiology (2012), and resident expert for the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs, provides an insider’s view of the history of both dinosaurs and dinosaur science. But don't expect a dry, scientific book, Brusatte has created a page-turning history spanning 200 million years going through the evolution of dinosaurs from small, inauspicious creatures, to their dominance of the earth, to their mass extinction when a massive asteroid hit the earth in modern-day Mexico.Every week, a new species of dinosaur is being discovered somewhere in the world. Brusatte, an American paleontologist, is one of the foremost researchers in the field and has created this new history of the dinosaurs through extensive research, collaboration with paleontologists around the world, and cutting-edge technology.
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