Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party Review

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party by Edward Dolnick is, in a nutshell an informational book about how the discovery of dinosaur fossils during the Victorian era in England completely changed science as they knew it. 

The book explores how over time, scientists came to discover fossils of ancient creatures and how they were able to determine what they were. It's not an easy process! For ages, people thought they were looking at fossils of mythological creatures (such as dragons), until they realized a lot of what they were looking at resembled skeletons of animals they already knew. 

Also for a very long time, many scientists (including renowned ones) were actually people who worked for the Church. Religion and science were heavily intertwined because the goal of science back then was to see how did God create (a perfect) world. When they found out things such as extinction was a thing and the Earth was a lot older than they believed it was, it led to the schism of science and religion that we know today. 

This book was so fascinating! It's a great read even if you're not a very sciency person like me. The author wrote everything in such a way that even non-sciency people can enjoy and understand it. I gave this book 5 stars.