About this title: This book is both an engrossing account of the colossal object from outer space that the authors believe caused the death of the dinosaurs and an absorbing tale of how scientists uncovered evidence to support their theory.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780691016306ISBN:0691016305
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691016306ISBN:0691016305
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1997-03-27
ISBN-13:9780691016306ISBN:0691016305
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Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1997-03-27
ISBN-13:9780691016306ISBN:0691016305
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1997-03-27
ISBN-13:9780691016306ISBN:0691016305
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Edition: 1st 1997
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1997-03-27
ISBN-13:9780691016306ISBN:0691016305
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"A nice little book about what we think happened to the dinosaurs and how we came to figure it out. Alvarez does a good job explaining the science without getting too technical."
"Walter Alvarez recounts how he and his team of scientists and researchers, including his wife and father, tracked down evidence to prove that 65 million years ago, the age of the dinosaurs ended with an impact on earth that brought on a weather change so dramatic, it killed almost everything along the food chain.
Alvarez claims to have written the book for the average reader, and I consider myself an above average reader. But the book is rather dense for such a small book - only seven chapters - especially when he gets into the science of geology and how to date rocks and sediment beds. I must admit, my eyes started glazing as I tried to process the math and process behind the various forms of dating rocks.
Otherwise, Alvarez tells a great story of how he and his team arrived to the impact theory, the evidence that amounted that proved his team right, the discovery of the impact area, and the proof that such an impact could dramatically alter the environment enough to kill when meteorites strike Jupiter in a reenactment of what happened on earth 65 million years ago.
It is a great read for anyone who has an interst in dinosaurs, geology or the end of the world. After all, if it could happen to the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, it could happen to us now."
"Who could resist a title like this? It's an adventure story, perhaps even a bit of a detective tale (well, investigative, anyway), with plenty of scientific detail but not enough to make my eyes glaze over. Excellent for readers like me - absolutely not scientifically oriented but fascinated nonetheless."
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