T. rex and the Crater of Doom

by Walter Álvarez

The story that waited 65 million years to be told -how a giant impact killed the dinosaurs, and how the crater was discovered.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Walter Álvarez is a professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of the best-selling T. Rex and the Crater of Doom. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and a past recipient of the Penrose Medal, the highest award given by the Geological Society of America. He lives in Berkeley, California.