The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World
By Steve Brusatte
"A thrilling and definitive history of the dinosaurs, by "one of the stars of modern paleontology" - National Geographic
"Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the dinosaurs remain one of our planet's great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their thrilling, 200-million-year-long story as never before.
American paleontologist Steve Brusatte masterfully brings to life the lost world of the dinosaurs, illuminating their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversirty, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy. Equally drawing on his own groundbreaking findings and the cutting-edge research of the women and men who are revolutionizing our understanding of these astonishing creatures, Brusatte's captivating narrative - generously illustrated with original drawings and photographs - traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers in the Triassic period into the dominant array of species that arose during the dinosaurs peak...
An instant classic and a worldwide bestseller, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs will be treasured work for decades to come."