Brusatte - The rise and fall of the dinosaurs: the untold story of a lost world

Brusatte is one of the stars of modern paleontology ... he has discovered 10 new dinosaur species. 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. National Geographic

Rawwrghhh! Millions of years ago dino roars echoed across the earth. This vivid book takes us back. Meet the Argentinosaurus, the largest land animal to have lived, and the Allosaurus, a nasty predator with horns over its eyes. The Times, The Best Nonfiction to Read on Holiday this Summer

[Brusattes] tales have a freshness and an engaging immediacy that you dont get from the pens of scientists long past their productive years and with the leisure to write ... This is science at first hand, meant for grown-ups. Literary Review

Unrelentingly kind in tone and generous in description ... One big adventure. Paris Review (Staff Pick)

Brusatte does for dinosaurs what E. O. Wilson did for ants and Carl Sagan for stars, making them more accessible and appealing. Brusatte illuminates arcane sciences in lucid, idiomatic English. If you ever loved a dinosaur, buy this book. Washington Times

Excellent ... a superb combination of good argument and good writing. Matt Ridley

An up-to-the-minute account of the long history and remarkable biology of the extraordinary animals that capture the imagination of every child ... Steve Brusatte expertly leads the reader through the latest discoveries to unravel their great range of lifestyles in a vanished world. Richard Fortey

Steve Brusatte is doing some of the most exciting research on dinosaurs today, and he brings that excitement to The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. Carl Zimmer

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a work of solid modern science, updating the fallacies and fancies of antiquated paleontology, revealing the quantum leaps in understanding of this modern science ... It is a personal quest full of enthusiasm and joy, getting beneath the dust to reveal the scales and the feathers of dinosaurs. Steve Backshall

A triumph. Written by one of our young leaders of the field, [Brusatte] brings new discoveries, a taste for a good yarn, and his infectious enthusiasm to some of the epic tales of paleontology. It is hard to read Brusatte and not love lost worlds. Neil Shubin

As a scientist on the front lines of discovery, Brusatte delivers a cutting-edge account of Earths most awe-inspiring age, and does so with great skill, humor and wonder. Peter Brannen

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. Simply, a must read. Ben Garrod

Dr Steve Brusatte is a palaeontologist on the faculty of the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. He is widely recognized as one of the leading palaeontologists of his generation and has written over one hundred peer-reviewed scientific papers during his decade of research in the field, named and described over ten new species of dinosaurs and led groundbreaking studies on how dinosaurs rose to dominance and became extinct.

For Mr. Jakupcak, my first and finest teacher of paleontology,
and my wife, Anne, and all others teaching the next generation.