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Line 1: {{Short description|2018 {{Infobox book | name = ''The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs'' | image = The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs book cover.jpg | caption = | author = Steve Brusatte | illustrator = Todd Marshall | country = | subject = [[Evolution of dinosaurs|Evolution]] and [[extinction of dinosaurs]] | genre = | publisher = [[ | pub_date = {{Start date|2018}} | pages = 416 | awards = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | wikisource = | isbn = }} '''''The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World''''' is a 2018 book by It received strongly positive reviews, praising the author's enthusiasm, vivid writing, and up-to-date research. A few reviewers criticized the focus on big-name dinosaurs such as ''[[ == Background and publication == The author, Steve Brussatte, is a [[ ''The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs'' was Brusatte's first book for a popular adult audience, but he had written a number of popular science articles and several children's books.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Maidment |first=Susannah |date=28 May 2018 |title=Theropods on top |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0571-x |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |language=en |volume=2 |issue=7 |pages= == Content == The book begins with the evolution of [[Protodinosaurs|proto-dinosaurs]] and dinosaurs' emergence from the [[Permian-Triassic extinction]]. The early dinosaurs were not very successful. They became the dominant animals at the beginning of the [[Jurassic]] period, which was marked by a mass extinction of many of their competitors. After covering this evolution, he discusses the [[speciation]] of dinosaurs in the
The last chapter deals with the end of the dinosaurs, with a detailed description of the first few days after [[Chicxulub crater|the asteroid impact]] that == Reception == ''The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs'' was a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestseller]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-25 |title=Ottawa native Steve Brusatte to work on next 'Jurassic World' movie |url=https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2024/01/25/ottawa-native-steve-brusatte-to-work-on-next-jurassic-world-movie/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Shaw Local |language=en}}</ref> Reviewers generally praised Brusatte's writing, with several calling it "vivid".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Moody |first=Oliver |date=2024-04-25 |title=Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte — ripping yarns from the age of dino might |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-by-steve-brusatte-ripping-yarns-from-the-age-of-dino-might-768wf8zsv |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The Times |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Tom Holland at ''The Times'' and other reviewers especially singled out his ability to describe paleontological landscapes.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=John W. |date=2019-04-25 |title=Review: When giants roamed the earth |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/04/25/review-when-giants-roamed-earth |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=America Magazine |language=en}}</ref> The ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' praised his "narrative exuberance" and "completely winning blend of technical expertise and storytelling ability".<ref name=":0" /> ▼ ▲Reviewers generally praised Brusatte's writing, with several calling it "vivid".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Moody |first=Oliver |date=2024-04-25 |title=Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte — ripping yarns from the age of dino might |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-by-steve-brusatte-ripping-yarns-from-the-age-of-dino-might-768wf8zsv |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The Times |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=2024-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524002857/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs-by-steve-brusatte-ripping-yarns-from-the-age-of-dino-might-768wf8zsv |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tom Holland (author)|Tom Holland]] at ''The Times'' and other reviewers especially singled out his ability to describe paleontological landscapes.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=John W. |date=2019-04-25 |title=Review: When giants roamed the earth |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/04/25/review-when-giants-roamed-earth |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=America Magazine |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425202956/https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/04/25/review-when-giants-roamed-earth |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' praised his "narrative exuberance" and "completely winning blend of technical expertise and storytelling ability".<ref name=":0" /> Several other reviewers also commented on the author's command of modern research and "ability to write in plain English"<ref name=":5" />. Holland called it a "readable and up-to-date survey of the current state of palaeontological knowledge" which "grippingly ... demonstrates the quickening pace of research". He also calls it "the best book on the subject written for the general reader since Robert Bakker’s [[The Dinosaur Heresies]] back in the 1980s."<ref name=":1" /> Oliver Moody at ''The Times'' likewise praised Brusatte's "steering a course between pedantry and patronizing oversimplification with flair".<ref name=":3" /> A review in ''[[Systematic Biology]]'' strongly praises source notes at the end of the book, in which Brusatte provides a brief summary of the primary sources he uses, calling it "an innovative attempt to directly engage readers with the scientific research".<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Brownstein |first=Chase D. |date=27 August 2018 |title=The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World.— By Stephen L. Brusatte |url=https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/68/1/184/5079843 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Systematic Biology}}</ref>▼ ▲Several other reviewers also commented on the author's command of modern research and "ability to write in plain English".<ref name=":5" /> Brusatte focuses heavily on anecdotes about modern paleontologists from his own life, leading one review to call the book "part autobiography and part popular science".<ref name=":2" /> This split reviewers, with Steve Donoghue at the ''Christian Science Monitor'' finding the stories "interesting and amusing"<ref name=":0" /> and Ira Flatow writing for ''The New York Times'' claiming they "made the book special<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flatow |first=Ira |date=2018-05-29 |title=When the Dinosaurs Reigned |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/books/review/steve-brusatte-dinosaurs-rise-and-fall.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>", while Moody writes that "there are too many humdrum anecdotes that involve Brusatte jogging to catch trains in foreign countries, or men sitting in the desert drinking beer, or men standing around in conference centres drinking spirits. He is also so nice about his colleagues that it makes you long for a juicy academic vendetta or some ''Lucky Jim''-style campus theatrics".<ref name=":3" /> A review in ''Systematic Biology'' complains that the book "at times seems a review of his and his colleagues’ accomplishments" but nevertheless calls it overall "captivating".<ref name=":4" /> ▼ ▲Brusatte focuses heavily on anecdotes about modern paleontologists from his own life, leading one review to call the book "part autobiography and part popular science".<ref name=":2" /> This split reviewers, with Steve Donoghue at the ''Christian Science Monitor'' finding the stories "interesting and amusing"<ref name=":0" /> and [[Ira Flatow]] writing for ''The New York Times'' Several reviewers criticized Brusatte's focus on ''[[T. rex]]'' and other "celebrity"<ref name=":4" /> [[ In a rare negative review, [[Verlyn Klinkenborg]] criticizes Brusatte's pop-science metaphors. He describes the book as "a lost world of [Brusatte's] own, where metaphors war anachronistically in defiance of what scientists understand".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Klinkenborg |first=Verlyn |date=2019-12-19 |title=What Were Dinosaurs For? |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/19/what-were-dinosaurs-for/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=The New York Review of Books |language=en |volume=66 |issue=20 |issn=0028-7504}}</ref> ▲Several reviewers criticized Brusatte's focus ''[[T. rex]]'' and other "celebrity"<ref name=":4" /> [[Clade|clades]], with one reviewer complaining that they "got somewhat out-''T. rexed''".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Arbour |first=Victoria |date=2018-05-11 |title=Results roll in from the dinosaur renaissance The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World Steve Brusatte Morrow, 2018. 416 pp. |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aat0451 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=360 |issue=6389 |pages=611–611 |doi=10.1126/science.aat0451 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, The}} [[Category:Popular science books]] [[Category:Non-fiction books about dinosaurs]] [[Category:2018 non-fiction books]] [[Category:Mariner Books books]] | |||