![]() 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. * New York Times Book Review * Excellent.a superb combination of good argument and good writing. The beauty of this book lies in the details, too, and in the stories of the scientists who dig them up. * National Geographic * Brusatte skillfully brings dead dino bones to life as he shares - no, gushes about - his personal journey as a young fossil hunter andthe people he's met along the way. He has also led groundbreaking scientific studies that have rewritten the history of these magnificent creatures which, thanks to Hollywood and countless children stories, haunt our imaginations today like never before.Brusatte tells the epic tale of the dinosaurs' rise to dominance and extinction, taking us on a thrilling journey back in time. * The Times, The 100 best books to read this summer * Brusatte is one of the stars of modern paleontology.he has discovered 10 new dinosaur species. * The Times, Saturday Review, The best nonfiction to read on holiday this summer * Brusatte's up-to-date survey of the current state of palaeontological knowledge is the best book on dinosaurs written for the general reader since the 1980s. Steve Brusatte brings dinosaurs alive for a new generation. Meet the argentinosaurus, the largest land animal to have lived, and the allosaurus, a nasty predator with horns over its eyes. Rawwrghhh! Millions of years ago dino roars echoed across the earth. ![]()
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