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The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having v……続きを見る

This open access book contains a set of chapters covering all aspects of geosciences related to Kuwait and adjacent regions, including Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. It covers basic in……続きを見る

This Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on fo……続きを見る

This Open Access book introduces readers to the regional geology of Hanggai, Xianxia and Chuancun, the area between China's northern Zhejiang Province and southern Anhui Province and explores the st……続きを見る

INVESTIGATING FOSSILS INVESTIGATING FOSSILS A HISTORY OF PALAEONTOLOGY Investigating Fossils – A History of Palaeontology is a concise and accessible look at changing attitudes to palaeontology in g……続きを見る

On November 2, 2011, Richard Alley participated in The National Climate Seminar, a series of webinars sponsored by Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy. The online seminars provide a forum……続きを見る

With a focus on the fundamentals and strategies of distillation columns, this book covers the process variables for continuous distillation columns, as well as four basic control strategies and the ……続きを見る

Since seeing my first film about dinosaurs as a child I have wondered about these amazing creatures. This had lead me to read many of the available books on the subject, but while doing so I found t……続きを見る

Today, any kid can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs. But it took centuries of scientific effortーand a lot of luckーto discover and establish the diversity of dinosaur species we now know……続きを見る

15 dinosaurs - ferocious, fleet-footed, feathered, voracious, long-necked, huge and very weird. Full colour pictures selected from the 42 line drawings in A Colouring Book of Dinosaurs by Dandi Palm……続きを見る

“The water is murky. Sand and grit stir it up, making it difficult for the giant predator with the 6-foot-tall sail on his back to see. He lowers his mouth into the water, his high nostrils allowing……続きを見る

“Lucy is a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton who has become the spokeswoman for human evolution. She is perhaps the best known and most studied fossil hominid of the twentieth century, the benchmark by ……続きを見る

The most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million years Once seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders,……続きを見る

A fully updated and expanded new edition of the acclaimed, bestselling dinosaur field guide The bestselling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosau……続きを見る

An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million years New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energ……続きを見る

Sauropods, those huge plant-eating dinosaurs, possessed bodies that seem to defy every natural law. What were these creatures like as living animals and how could they reach such uniquely gigantic s……続きを見る

Part of the series of award-winning, best-selling DK encyclopedias for children, this title has been completely revised to provide a comprehensive visual exploration of the entire range of prehistor……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record and the book introduces the l……続きを見る

Los dinosaurios son uno de esos misterios fascinantes que todos adoramos cuando estamos pequeños. Y hay algunos adultos a los que aún les obsesionan. Si eres de los que creciste rugiendo como Tyrann……続きを見る

Around 370 million years ago, a distant relative of a modern lungfish began a most extraordinary adventureーemerging from the water and laying claim to the land. Over the next 70 million years, this……続きを見る

“Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earthーfrom the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago.”ーThe Ec……続きを見る

This work offers a novel way to map evolutionary time from life's origin to the first humans. Rather than using a traditional, linear scale in which events bunch up toward the end, a logarithmic sca……続きを見る

Where do turtles hail from? Why and how did they acquire shells? These questions have spurred heated debate and intense research for more than two hundred years. Brilliantly weaving evidence from th……続きを見る

** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 ** 'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox 'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but ……続きを見る

Was unterscheidet uns Menschen vom Tier. »Westerman ist ein Meistererzähler, der mit Thriller-Effekten die Leser in seinen Bann schlägt.« Hans Christoph Buch, Die Zeit. In einer Höhle auf einer Inse……続きを見る

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur ph……続きを見る

An illustrated record book of sauropod facts and figuresーthe hugest, the oldest, the most intelligent, and more The sauropod dinosaurs roamed the planet for millions of years, with creatures rangin……続きを見る

"It is not often that a work can literally rewrite a person's view of a subject. And this is exactly what Rudwick's book should do for many paleontologists' view of the history of their own field."……続きを見る

"[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with ferv……続きを見る

Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the earth and the origins of all life on it. However, their impact has not been limited to debates about geology and evolution: attem……続きを見る