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Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books!

This is top-drawer science writing. Publishers Weekly, starred review

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life's losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.

Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It's a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away. Lush verdure will be replaced with fire. Tyrannosaurus rex will be toppled from their throne, along with every other spe

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 24 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250894861
      978-1250894861
      ISBN-10 1250894867
      Also in:
      Palaeontology Dinosaurs and the prehistoric world: general interest Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books!

      This is top-drawer science writing. Publishers Weekly, starred review

      In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life's losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.

      Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It's a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away. Lush verdure will be replaced with fire. Tyrannosaurus rex will be toppled from their throne, along with every other spe

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