The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant DinosaursBy David Hone T. rex may be among the most famous dinosaurs, but on the tree of life, the 5-ton predator of the late Cretaceous is just a single blossom, one of the last species in a long and diverse branch of animals. In his first book, popular British paleontologist Hone traces the T. rex lineage from smaller, far less impressive ancestors through a successful range of carnivores that spread from deserts to beyond the Arctic Circle. While there’s plenty to please dino-philes, Hone also provides a handy primer for anyone somehow not already enraptured with the topic.
Now: The Physics of TimeBy Richard A. Muller What if I told you there are no black holes? That the Big Bang was an explosion not of stuff, but of emptiness? Those are just two of the provocative ideas discussed in this accessible take ...
