T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

Author:   Walter Alvarez ,  Carl Zimmer ,  Carl Zimmer ,  Joel Richards
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
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9781665201049


Publication Date:   04 February 2020
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Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history.

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Author:   Walter Alvarez ,  Carl Zimmer ,  Carl Zimmer ,  Joel Richards
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
Imprint:   Tantor Audio
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 17.00cm
Weight:   0.091kg
ISBN:  

9781665201049


ISBN 10:   1665201045
Publication Date:   04 February 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Walter Alvarez is professor of geology and geophysics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Carl Zimmer writes the Matter column for the New York Times, and has frequently contributed to the Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American, among others. He has won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science Journalism Award three times, among a host of other awards and fellowships. He teaches science writing at Yale University. Carl Zimmer writes the Matter column for the New York Times, and has frequently contributed to the Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American, among others. He has won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science Journalism Award three times, among a host of other awards and fellowships. He teaches science writing at Yale University. Joel Richards was the kid who did crazy things just to have a good story to tell afterward. On deciding to make his affection his profession, he received a BFA in acting and a BA in English from the University of Utah. He has narrated over 300 audiobooks and continues to tell his original stories to live audiences.

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