{"product_id":"2940170327478","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping and groundbreaking history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe dinosaurs. \u003c\/em\u003e66 million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome and spectacular creatures vanished. Today their extraordinary true story remains one of our planet's great mysteries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the fieldamp;mdash;discovering ten new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldworkamp;mdash;masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and \u003cem\u003enew \u003c\/em\u003ehistory of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy. Captivating and revelatory, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellersamp;mdash;themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic periodamp;mdash;into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today, \u003cem\u003eT. rex\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Triceratops\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrontosaurus\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. This gifted scientist and writer re-creates the dinosaurs' peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, when thousands of species thrived, and winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds, emerged. The story continues to the end of the Cretaceous period, when a giant asteroid or comet struck the planet and nearly every dinosaur species (but not all) died out, in the most extraordinary extinction event in earth's history, one full of lessons for today as we confront a \"sixth extinction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrusatte also recalls compelling stories from his globe-trotting expeditions during one of the most exciting eras in dinosaur researchamp;mdash;which he calls \"a new golden age of discovery\"amp;mdash;and offers thrilling accounts of some of the remarkable findings he and his colleagues have made, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs; monstrous carnivores even larger than \u003cem\u003eT. rex\u003c\/em\u003e; and paradigm-shifting feathered raptors from China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn electrifying scientific history that unearths the dinosaurs' epic saga, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e will be a definitive and treasured account for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104900694256,"sku":"2940170327478","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170327478_p0.jpg?v=1763708111","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170327478","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}