"T. rex" and the Crater of Doom - Couverture souple

Alvarez, Walter; Zimmer, Carl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691131031 ISBN 13 : 9780691131030

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Alvarez Walter

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Sixty-five million years ago a gigantic comet or asteroid as big as Mount Everest slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula, creating an explosion on impact equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. It produced a cloud of roiling debris that blackened the sky for months as well as other geologic disasters--and triggered the demise of Tyrannosaurus rex.

We know what happened largely because Walter Alvarez--synthesizing the findings of experts from a variety of scientific fields--has written a gripping story of the decades-long search for the cause of the dinosaurs' extinction. Painstakingly assembling clues from the Italian Apennines and the depths of the Pacific and presenting them with the excitement of a great novel, T. rex and the Crater of Doom is a book of undeniable importance and irresistible appeal by a major figure in contemporary science.

"Engaging and witty. Read Alvarez for and excellent account of how scientists pose questions and seek to solve them."--Scientific American

"First-rate...Alvarez provides the up-close tale of the comet or asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs."--San Francisco Chronicle

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0691131031
• ISBN 13: 9780691131030
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208