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“You could call T. Rex the James Dean of dinosaurs: it lived fast and died young.”

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte

January 7, 2025 by narfna 6 Comments

This, friends, is a dinosaur. I believe Pesto’s ancestors would be confused by him, but that’s the beauty of nature. It’s super weird and always doing unexpected things. This book manages to impart a lot of information about the evolution, time on earth, and extinction of (most) dinosaurs while at the same time being very readable and fun to consume. At one point the author uses the phrase “crow-sized weirdos with wings on their arms and legs” to describe a species of dinosaur that differed […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, A New History of a Lost World, audiobooks, dinosaurs, narfna, non fiction, paleontology, science, Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

narfna's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, A New History of a Lost World, audiobooks, dinosaurs, narfna, non fiction, paleontology, science, Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs ·
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Roar! We are But a Speck in Time

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte

June 26, 2021 by esmemoria 6 Comments

Tell me I’m not alone: sometimes I’m sitting somewhere, minding my own business, when the thought intrudes, “I can’t believe that dinosaurs were real.” It just seems so impossible. Surely they are made-up movie creatures. How can such amazing beings have once roamed (and dominated) the world? Well, Steve Brusatte’s The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World tells you all about it. And I loved every second of it. Beware: this book will give you an existential crisis […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: dinosaurs, Extinction, Fossils, science, Steve Brusatte

esmemoria's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: dinosaurs, Extinction, Fossils, science, Steve Brusatte ·
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