Steve Brusatte
Författare till The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Om författaren
Steve Brusatte, PhD, is an American paleontologist who teaches at the University of Edinburgh. He is the internationally bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Stephen Louis Brusatte
- Födelsedag
- 1984-04-24
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Ottawa, Illinois, USA
- Utbildning
- University of Chicago (BS)
University of Bristol (MSc)
Columbia University (PhD - Yrken
- paleontologist
evolutionary biologist
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History,… av Steve Brusatte
Just as good as Brusatte's first book. I'm glad he took an interest in mammals so I could enjoy more of his writing without having to hear about dinosaurs again. Highly recommended.
The description of the moment when the asteroid hit was so sad.
Everything you could want from a pop science book! Engaging, informative, and narratively written, this book breathes life into a subject that sometimes feels as if it’s been done to death in media, namely the fascinating science behind dinosaurs and their eventual extinction
I loved the Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, and this was just as good. Brusatte knows how to map out a good book about a complex and vast topic so that you never get lost in the weeds. We watch how some mammal characteristics were inherited from reptiles, how the first mammals lived among the dinosaurs, and how they slowly outpaced and survived the dinosaurs through mass extinction events. Fascinating animals are covered here, and honestly, any book that brings up the giant ground sloth is a winner. That thing was nuts.… (mer)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 10
- Medlemmar
- 2,299
- Popularitet
- #11,174
- Betyg
- 4.1
- Recensioner
- 74
- ISBN
- 77
- Språk
- 10