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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- The Untold Story of a Lost World
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
Sixty-six million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth. Today a new generation of dinosaur hunters, armed with cutting-edge technology, is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs created a hugely successful empire that lasted for around 150 million years.
In this hugely ambitious and engrossing story of how dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet, using the fossil clues that have been gathered using state-of-the-art technology, Steve Brusatte, one of the world's leading palaeontologists, follows these magnificent creatures from the Early Triassic period at the start of their evolution through the Jurassic period, to their final days in the Cretaceous and the legacy that they left behind.
Along the way, Brusatte introduces us to the cast of new dinosaur hunters and gives an insight into what it's like to be a palaeontologist whose job it is to hunt for dinosaurs. He offers thrilling accounts of some of the remarkable discoveries he has made, including primitive human-size tyrannosaurs, monstrous carnivores even larger than T. rex, and feathered raptor dinosaurs preserved in lava from China.
At a time when Homo sapiens has existed for less than 200,000 years and we are already talking about planetary extinction, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a timely reminder of what humans can learn from the magnificent creatures who ruled the earth before us.
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-07-19
Annoying narrator
Can't stand the way this guy talks could only listen to about twenty minutes of what promised to be a fascinating listen
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- dot_stockport
- 20-08-19
so glad I didn't let performance get in the way
this is SUCH a good book! The reading is a bit bizarre and I was put off, but a couple of hours in you tend not to notice it anymore. This is entertaining as well as jaw slackeningly interesting.
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- G. Morgan
- 13-05-18
Very enjoyable.
Very enjoyable, well performed, clearly written, lots of things that I didn’t previously know from childhood fascination, I recommend.
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- Sarah Spectacles
- 16-09-19
Bloody brilliant
fab. super interesting. very nicely paced. eye opening. wish I'd studied paleontology at uni! read this!
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- Alex Pritchard
- 11-01-19
Superb! What a fantastic story
Brusatte has always been a hero of mine and this book delivered! inspiring, fantastical and amazing. Brusatte takes you on a trip around the world, nd through time. interspesing dinosaur history with his own stories and memories while conducting research in the field.
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- Douglas
- 08-07-22
Not that great
I struggled to finish this book by the end, as my irritations grew larger. I found the narrators voice with his american accent gritting.
The book does contain interesting information, but it also contains so much filler garbage where many paragraphs are biographies about his life and all his 'wonderful' colleagues that he is spends far too much time describing with his poor writing. I don't care that your chinese colleague goes to discos and likes to DJ (HOW IS THAT RELEVANT!)
or another example in chapter 10 where he spends 5 min describing a seagull.
Everything he talks about is only superficially researched, just glazing over things because he himself doesnt know the exact science or details.
And the way he describes evolution like a 2 year old.
Cut down on all the filler and easily shave off 2 hours
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- Plamen
- 23-08-19
A great introduction in the world of Old!
The book was great, as well as the presentation. Quite full of terminologies, but once into it, easy to follow. Plenty of great facts and interesting theories, especially about the anatomy of the actual dinosaurs. It was quite fascinating. Everyone is so enamored by aliens and AI that everybody kinda forgets that there were giant birds, ruling all living millions and millions of years ago.
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- Stephen Ridyard
- 23-10-21
The author should stick to academia, his book is d
I heard an interview with the author on the radio in which he made his book sound really interesting, sadly the reality is anything but that!! He spends far too much time talking about the characters he has worked with and not enough about the reason you bought the book in the first place!! I did learn some new information from it though.
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- Christine Mitchell
- 18-09-21
Awful.
Found this book very dry and very difficult to listen too. Shouldn’t have purchased and wouldn’t advise this as a listen to anyone I know. Should have used my credit on something else.
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- Holly
- 16-03-21
Learnt a lot but hard to listen to
Some fantastic dino facts buried underneath a lot of rambling about the author's mates.
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