Architects of Eternity: The New Science of Fossils

R. M. Corfield

ISBN 10: 0747271798 / ISBN 13: 9780747271796

Verlag: Headline Book Publishing, Limited, 2001

Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers K12B-04896

Inhaltsangabe:

Man has always been fascinated by fossils, but it is only relatively recently that we have begun to appreciate fully what they actually tell us about the world. Scattered across eternity, the fossil record is our only clue to the vast tracts of "deep time" which precede the advent of humankind. Predictably, the way fossils have been interpreted in the past often tell us more about the personalities involved than it does about prehistory. But is through these personalities, from Othniel Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope battling it out in the wilderness of 19th-century Wyoming right up to the bitter feuds of scientists of the 21st-century, that in the end we have come to learn extraordinary things about the real origins of life on earth.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Richard Corfield is a Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University. He has been at the forefront of palaeontological innovation for the past decade. This is his first book.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Architects of Eternity: The New Science of ...
Verlag: Headline Book Publishing, Limited
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Illustrated
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag