The rise and fall of the dinosaurs

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1. enkidMay 2023
   Song of the cell is quite good, as are his other books. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is an excellent intro to paleontology. The Story of Earth is an excellent introduction to Geology.
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2. textellerNov 2020
   My list of the 95 Entrepreneurs book recommendations:

   * The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos by Christian Davenport

   * Do Purpose: Why Brands with a Purpose Do Better and Matter More by David Hieatt

   * The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by MichioKaku

   * The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte

   View full list of 95 book recommedations: http://casualwalker.com/95-best-books-to-read-in-2019

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3. toufkaAug 2020
   "The Rise & Fall of the Dinosaurs" by Steve Brusatte is a great book that describes chronologically the beginning of dinosaurs through their end - by means of a young scientist telling about his various digs in his own (non-chronologically) experience. One thing I found important and unique about it was that it put the dinosaurs in the context of their geological environment.

   It's relatively up to date, easily accessible, teaches quite a bit, and is fun.

   Birds are dinosaurs...

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4. DataGataMay 2020
   There are a lot of good pop science books to read about the history of life on earth.

   "The Ends of the World" is probably the best one. "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs" is also a good one, and it doesn't focus purely on the dinosaurs as the title suggests, but about how we know how they evolved and existed.

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5. textellerDec 2019
   * Machine Platform Crowd: Harnessing the Digital Revolution Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson

   * Kiss The Ground Josh Tickell

   * Do Purpose: Why Brands with a Purpose Do Better and Matter More by David Hieatt

   * The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by MichioKaku

   * The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte

   * The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos by Christian Davenport

   * * * 95 Best Books most impacted me in 2019:

   http://casualwalker.com/95-best-books-to-read-in-2019

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6. karatekaDec 2019
   I just finished Steve Brusatte's 'The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs' yesterday and found it to be very engaging. As well as detailing it's namesake, it also introduces many of the tools and methodologies that are used by paleontologists to come to the conclusions about dinosaurs that are in the book.

   It also has a great "Notes on sources" chapter at the end of the book that breaks down the authour's sources for each chapter in the book.

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