Professor Gerta Keller’s groundbreaking research challenged the dominant impact theory for the dinosaurs’ extinction, revealing the role of Deccan volcanism. This memoir details her decades-long battle against entrenched scientific opposition and her eventual vindication.

I went into this book skeptical and ended up persuaded by the evidence. The memoir is fascinating and easy to read. I was expecting this book to focus less on politics and more on science—I’m interested in learning more about the Deccan Traps theory. I hope scientists will do a better job in the future in working together to determine how the impactor event and the Deccan Traps eruptions might each have contributed to the K-Pg extinction.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.