{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-a-new-history-of-their-lost-world-paperback","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Brusatte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY,\" hails \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A masterpiece of science writing.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller - Goodreads Choice Awards Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eScience Friday, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e (London), \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePopular Mechanics, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eScience News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic dominance, and abrupt demise in the Cretaceous.\" --\u003cem\u003eNature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe dinosaurs. \u003c\/em\u003eSixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet's great mysteries. Now \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs \u003c\/em\u003ereveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story as never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this captivating narrative (enlivened with more 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 \u003cem\u003enew \u003c\/em\u003ehistory 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrusatte 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, \u003cem\u003eT. rex\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Triceratops\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrontosaurus\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. 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. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican paleontologist Steve Brusatte masterfully brings to life the lost world of the dinosaurs, illuminating their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, thousands of species thrived, including T. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, Velociraptor, and more, as well as winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds. The story dramatically concludes at the end of the Cretaceous, 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003eAn instant classic and a worldwide bestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e will be a treasured work for decades to come.--London Review of Books\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS WINNER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e (London), \u003cem\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePopular Mechanics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScience News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChicago Public Library\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, thousands of species thrived, including T. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, Velociraptor, and more, as well as winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds. The story dramatically concludes at the end of the Cretaceous, 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003eAn instant classic and a worldwide bestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e will be a treasured work for decades to come.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45176907726950,"sku":"9780062490438","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VkRsdWNhTkREMDkrVktpR2dKSi9UQT09.webp?v=1773435029","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-a-new-history-of-their-lost-world-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}