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I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK.
Walter Alvarez, the author, was one of the central people in the development of the theory that a cataclysmic impact caused the major extinction event at the KT boundary - which included everything from foraminifera to dinosaurs. And this book is about how they figured this out. It is clearly aimed at a general audience and it is immensely readable and delightful.
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Walter Alvarez, the author, was one of the central people in the development of the theory that a cataclysmic impact caused the major extinction event at the KT boundary - which included everything from foraminifera to dinosaurs. And this book is about how they figured this out. It is clearly aimed at a general audience and it is immensely readable and delightful.
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