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| Title | : | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World |
| Author | : | Stephen Brusatte |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | April 24th 2018 by William Morrow |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Science. History. Animals. Dinosaurs. Environment. Nature |
Stephen Brusatte
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Ainda pouco conhecido entre nós muito embora o tenham estudado e apreciado leitores como Erich Auerbach, Giuseppe Ungaretti e Otto Maria Carpeaux, o franciscano Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306) é um dos nomes mais notáveis da poesia italiana do século XIII. Os versos de suas Laudi, dos quais se oferece aqui uma pequena amostra, conjugam de modo Ãmpar a veemência da prédica, o arrebatamento mÃstico e a expressividade lÃrica, constituindo uma obra de extraordinário significado histórico e artÃstico.List Books During The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
| Original Title: | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Untold Story of a Lost World |
| ISBN: | 0062490451 (ISBN13: 9780062490452) |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award for Science & Technology (2018) |
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I love dinosaurs. I have an early memory of being at nursery school and always running straight for the plastic dinosaurs at playtime. I was a dinosaur hog. The Land Before Time was one of my favourite movies. I watched Jurassic Park and had a recurring nightmare about a T.Rex trying to attack our house.They are so fascinating. Unbelievably huge reptiles that roamed the entire planet. Not only that, but it's so strange that we regard them as something of a failed species. Dinosaurs were aroundUnlike many people, I've never been fascinated by dinosaurs. I don't recall learning about them as a child, though perhaps I did and my interest wasn't piqued enough to remember. I think my only exposure to them was via the cartoon The Flintstones. I didn't get much of a science education as a child but as an adult, science (all areas that I've learned about) is one of my favourite subjects and my favourite type of book to read. So it's a bit odd that I didn't feel compelled to read or learn
Steve Brusatte takes the reader deep inside his extensive research as a palaeontologist to explore the world during the time of the dinosaurs. Offering thrilling facts and great anecdotes, this is one piece sure to be talked about for years. Choosing to discuss a topic that has likely enthralled most readers at some time or another, Brusatte seeks to help the reader better understand the world at the time of dinosaurs, including how Earth changed to facilitate dinosaur emergence, the various
I love dinosaurs. I have an early memory of being at nursery school and always running straight for the plastic dinosaurs at playtime. I was a dinosaur hog. The Land Before Time was one of my favourite movies. I watched Jurassic Park and had a recurring nightmare about a T.Rex trying to attack our house.They are so fascinating. Unbelievably huge reptiles that roamed the entire planet. Not only that, but it's so strange that we regard them as something of a failed species. Dinosaurs were around
The sheer enthusiasm and passion that this man has for his profession radiates off every page, and for that alone, I really enjoyed spending time with Brusatte's pet subject. He brings a lot of verve to what is a fairly specialized field of knowledge (I should say that this book assumes a certain amount of familiarity with various paleontological terminology, but I think it does a good job providing enough context for you to pick up what he's talking about as you go), and somehow makes prominent
Like so many people, I went through a dinosaur phase as a child. It was almost inevitable. Growing up on the Upper West Side, I could visit the Museum of Natural History nearly every week. Natural selection has overcome many engineering problemsflight, sight, growth, digestionand it has certainly not failed in its ability to awe little boys. I picked up this book to finally learn something about these ancient beasts.Any fair evaluation of this book must conclude that it does its job: it
Another ambivalent three stars for a book that has two strands of highly varying success in my opinion.The good part of the book is the clear and vivid writing about dinosaurs. I particularly liked learning new things about dinosaur-like creatures that lived among them but happen to fall outside the classification, and reasons why dinosaurs could evolve to be absolutely gigantic (those big sauropods) or fly. I liked reading about the nomenclature of new and unusual finds (it's not all Latin
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