Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Future of Our Planet

Donald R. Prothero

August, 2009
Cloth, 288 pages, 120 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14660-9
$29.50 / £20.50

"Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs is a highly readable walk through the career of one of the preeminent writers in Earth sciences. Donald R. Prothero has been in the thick of the major problems in Earth and life history for the past thirty years. In this work, he explains what we can learn from deep-time studies about why we are here in a very enjoyable and informative way. A great book." — David Bottjer, professor of Earth sciences and biological sciences, University of Southern California

"A fascinating and informative book about three decades of achievement in paleontology." — Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science

"Donald R. Prothero, an outstanding paleontologist, is a skilled veteran of bringing both the intellectual and adventurous excitement of paleontology to a broad readership. Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs adds Prothero's personal stamp, as he shares his own stories of discovery in the field and how they meld with the equally exciting world of evolutionary paleobiology. Prothero's narrative approach is the very best for conveying the human side of paleontological science to the world." — Niles Eldredge, curator, American Museum of Natural History

Related Subjects

• Paleontology

About the Author

Donald R. Prothero is professor of geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and lecturer in geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988 and the Schuchert Award (for an outstanding paleontologist under forty) in 1991. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of twenty-four books and over two hundred scientific papers. His titles for Columbia University Press are Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, From Greenhouse to Icehouse, and The Eocene-Oligocene Transition.

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