![]() ![]() Ben Garrod, BBC TV presenter As a scientist on the front lines of discovery, Brusatte delivers a cutting-edge account of Earth's most awe-inspiring age, and does so with great skill, humor and wonder. Nancy Bent With his new book The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs esteemed palaeontologist and author Steve Brusatte shows that the fun, fascinating and fact-filled story of the dinosaurs is still very much alive after 66 million years. Superbly illustrated with photos and art, this is popular-science writing at its best. * Publishers Weekly * The ultimate dinosaur biography * Scientific American * This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous. 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. * Kirkus Reviews * captivating text explores the excitement associated with searching for and discovering new dinosaur species, provides clues to many long-standing questions associated with dinosaurs. Henry Geee * The Literary Review * A must-have for fans of ancient reptiles and their lost world. This is science at first hand, meant for grown-ups. And best of all, he gives an extensive bibliography of semi-popular and scholarly sources, many of them so new that the ink is hardly dry. Like Alexander Hamilton, he really does write as though he's running out of time, so one can excuse him if his style bubbles over into breathlessness. * The Paris Review * He is a working scientist in the early stages of his career, so his tales have a freshness and an engaging immediacy that you don't get from the pens of scientists long past their productive years and with the leisure to write. memoirlike writing is silly and lovable, making for one big adventure. Abundant photographs and illustrations bring these stories to life * Science * Kind in tone and generous in description. Matt Ridley Full of adventures and humour. ![]() Excellent.a superb combination of good argument and good writing. ![]()
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