Dinosaur time. New history of ancient lizards

The book Dinosaur Time was written by one of the best young scientists in the field, and this is an undoubted success. Steve Brusatti talks about the latest discoveries in paleontology with such enthusiasm that, reading his poetic stories, one cannot but love the long -disappeared worlds. Neil Shubin Honored Professor of Anatomy of the University of Chicago and the author of the book “Inner Fish” Steve Brusatti conducts one of the most interesting dinosaurs today and passionately describes it in “Dinosaur times”. When he talks about amazing discoveries of fossils or explains the evolutionary processes, it is clear how much our ideas about dinosaurs have changed over the past decade. Karl Zimmer Columnist The New York Times and the author of the books “Evolution: Triumph of Idea”, “Parasite is the king of nature: the secret world of the most dangerous creatures on Earth”, “Microcosm: E. Coli and the new science of life” A relevant story about a long history and The amazing life of incredible creatures, exciting the imagination of each child. In the “Dinosaurs Time”, Steve Brusatti introduces the reader to the latest discoveries and reveals the whole variety of life of the long -disappeared world. This book is a worthy answer to attempts to put our human appearance in the center of the universe. Richard Forty in the past is a senior paleontologist at the London Museum of Natural Sciences, author of the book “Trilobites. Witnesses of evolution
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The New York Times bestseller Best Book of the year according to the Smithsonian Institute, Chicago Public Library, NPR Science Friday, The Times, Popular Mechanics, Science News, Library Journal and Booklist winner The dinosaurs disappeared from the face of the earth. The famous American paleontologist Steve Brusatti traces their evolution through all periods - from the trias to the end of the Cretaceous. A passionate enthusiast and talented narrator, he resurrects the lost world of giant lizards, describes their mysterious origin, heyday, amazing diversity and catastrophic extinction. Tyrannosaurus, tricratops, bronteosaurus, prehistoric ancestors of modern birds - they are introduced to the reader not only bright author"s descriptions, but also many illustrations and photographs. Brasatti also recalls interesting cases from his many expeditions that fell on the most exciting era of dinosaur studies, which he calls the “golden age of discoveries”. Quotes “In this book I want to tell an epic story of where the dinosaurs came from, how they reached world domination, how some of them became colosses, while others grew feathers and wings and turned into birds, about how dinosaurs disappeared, opening the path. For the modern world and for ourselves. At the same time, I want to tell how we collected this story in pieces, and give an idea of ​​what it is to be a paleontologist, whose work is to hunt for dinosaurs. ”Why read Steve Bryusatti in an easy tongue, recalling his expeditionary adventures and colleagues, tells about the Great Saga dinosaurs. For whom are paleontologists, biologists, students, schoolchildren