{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-9781509830091","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Thrilling . . . the best book on the subject written for the general reader since the 1980s.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth. Today, Dr. Steve Brusatte, one of the leading scientists of a new generation of dinosaur hunters, armed with cutting edge technology, is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs ruled the earth for 150 million years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe world of the dinosaurs has fascinated on book and screen for decades – from early science fiction classics like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lost World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to Godzilla terrorizing the streets of Tokyo, and the monsters of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But what if we got it wrong? In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, top dinosaur expert Brusatte, tells the real story of how dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet. Using the fossil clues that have been gathered using state of the art technology, Brusatte follows these magnificent creatures from their beginnings in the Early Triassic period, through the Jurassic period to their final days in the Cretaceous and the legacy that they left behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlong the way, Brusatte introduces us to modern day dinosaur hunters and gives an insight into what it’s like to be a paleontologist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is full of thrilling accounts of some of his personal discoveries, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs, monstrous carnivores even larger than T. rex, and feathered raptor dinosaurs preserved in lava from China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt a time when Homo sapiens has existed for less than 200,000 years and we are already talking about planetary extinction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a timely reminder of what humans can learn from the magnificent creatures who ruled the earth before us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Brusatte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48487827112151,"sku":"9781509830091","price":6.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0498\/4081\/6279\/files\/96_fea05840-4173-4241-8c7a-481d9b0b61d5.png?v=1776869340","url":"https:\/\/theenglishbookshop.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-9781509830091","provider":"The English Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}