The Last Extinction
The Real Science Behind the Death of the Dinosaurs
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- Kiadó Diversion Books
- Megjelenés dátuma 2025. október 23.
- Kötetek száma Hardback
- ISBN 9798895150467
- Kötéstípus Keménykötés
- Terjedelem320 oldal
- Méret 228x152x27 mm
- Súly 477 g
- Nyelv angol 700
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The story behind Dr. Gerta Keller’s world-shattering scientific discovery that dinosaur extinction was NOT caused by asteroid impact, but rather by volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula, a discovery that highlights today’s existential threat of greenhouse gasses and climate change&&&8212;and one that sparked an all-out war waged by the scientific establishment.
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The story behind Dr. Gerta Keller’s world-shattering scientific discovery that dinosaur extinction was NOT caused by asteroid impact, but rather by volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula, a discovery that highlights today’s existential threat of greenhouse gasses and climate change&&&8212;and one that sparked an all-out war waged by the scientific establishment.
Part scientific detective story, part personal odyssey, The Last Extinction is the definitive account of a radical theory that has reshaped how we understand our planet’s past and, as we face the possibility of a sixth extinction, how we might survive its future.
For decades, the dominant theory held that an asteroid impact caused the dinosaurs’ extinction. But Princeton Geologist Dr. Gerta Keller followed the evidence to the truth: Deccan volcanism, a series of massive volcanic eruptions in India, triggered a long-term climate catastrophe and Earth’s fifth mass extinction. Her findings upended the field and ignited a bitter feud in modern science&&&8212;what became known as the “Dinosaur Wars.”
Raised in poverty on a Swiss farm and told she could never be a scientist, Keller defied expectations, earning her PhD at Stanford and battling her way into the highest ranks of Geology, eventually becoming a Professor of Paleontology and Geology at Princeton University. Her refusal to back down in the face of ridicule, sabotage, and sexism makes her story as thrilling as her science, which offers urgent insight into today’s climate crisis: Sustained planetary upheaval&&&8212;not a single cataclysmic event&&&8212;can plunge the planet into an age of death.
"Gerta Keller . . . is rattling the foundations. And the theory she supports . . . has unleashed a small tempest of its own among die-hard believers in the meteor theory, who are known as &&&39;impacters.&&&39; . . . Keller argues that, besides a series of meteor impacts, the extinction of the dinosaurs was preceded by an intense period of volcanic eruptions that altered the climate. . . . All this makes her a maverick."
–The New York Times
"Scathing and illuminating. . . . [M]uch of the scientific community and the popular press accepted the idea that a meteor colliding with the Earth was responsible for the planet’s fifth mass extinction. Keller, however, had her doubts, and worked tirelessly to gather data. . . . Her results are shocking."
–Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
"A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid, but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But she&&&39;s reopened that debate. . . . This dispute illuminates the messy way that science progresses and how this idealized process, ostensibly guided by objective reason and the search for truth, is shaped by ego, power, and politics."
–The Atlantic
“A fascinating look at the process of researching scientific questions and the power of entrenched theory; Keller was often belittled and blocked from sharing her discoveries. She perseveres in this compelling tale, of interest to readers who enjoy books about scientific study, mass extinction theories, and the work and struggles of women scientists.”
–Library Journal
