Author: Stephanus Majer
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Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Palaeontologia hungarica
Author: Stephanus Majer
Publisher:
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Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Basic Questions in Paleontology
Author: Otto H. Schindewolf
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226738352
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Now available in English for the first time, Basic Questions in Paleontology is a landmark work in twentieth-century evolution and paleontology. Originally published in German in 1950, Schindewolf's book was highly controversial for its thoroughgoing anti-Darwinism, but today his ideas are remarkably relevant to current research in evolutionary biology. "[This book] would rank number one on my list of items awaiting translation from the history of twentieth-century evolutionary theory."—Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226738352
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Now available in English for the first time, Basic Questions in Paleontology is a landmark work in twentieth-century evolution and paleontology. Originally published in German in 1950, Schindewolf's book was highly controversial for its thoroughgoing anti-Darwinism, but today his ideas are remarkably relevant to current research in evolutionary biology. "[This book] would rank number one on my list of items awaiting translation from the history of twentieth-century evolutionary theory."—Stephen Jay Gould
Fossilium Catalogus
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Category : Fossils
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Category : Fossils
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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The Nonmarine Permian
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
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Category : Animals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 371
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Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
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Category : Animals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 371
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Text-book of Paleontology
Author: Karl Alfred von Zittel
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Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia
Author: Michael J. Benton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521545822
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Unique reference volume covering major vertebrate fossil finds in former Soviet Union never before described in English.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521545822
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Unique reference volume covering major vertebrate fossil finds in former Soviet Union never before described in English.
The Carboniferous Amphibia of Scotland
Author: David Meredith Seares Watson
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Category : Amphibians, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Category : Amphibians, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Catastrophic Thinking
Author: David Sepkoski
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022634861X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A history of scientific ideas about extinction that explains why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to “think catastrophically” about extinction. We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded—by scientists, by the media, by popular culture—of the looming threat of mass extinction. We’re told that human activity is currently producing a sixth mass extinction, perhaps of even greater magnitude than the five previous geological catastrophes that drastically altered life on Earth. Indeed, there is a very real concern that the human species may itself be poised to go the way of the dinosaurs, victims of the most recent mass extinction some 65 million years ago. How we interpret the causes and consequences of extinction and their ensuing moral imperatives is deeply embedded in the cultural values of any given historical moment. And, as David Sepkoski reveals, the history of scientific ideas about extinction over the past two hundred years—as both a past and a current process—is implicated in major changes in the way Western society has approached biological and cultural diversity. It seems self-evident to most of us that diverse ecosystems and societies are intrinsically valuable, but the current fascination with diversity is a relatively recent phenomenon. In fact, the way we value diversity depends crucially on our sense that it is precarious—that it is something actively threatened, and that its loss could have profound consequences. In Catastrophic Thinking, Sepkoski uncovers how and why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to think catastrophically about extinction.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022634861X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A history of scientific ideas about extinction that explains why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to “think catastrophically” about extinction. We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded—by scientists, by the media, by popular culture—of the looming threat of mass extinction. We’re told that human activity is currently producing a sixth mass extinction, perhaps of even greater magnitude than the five previous geological catastrophes that drastically altered life on Earth. Indeed, there is a very real concern that the human species may itself be poised to go the way of the dinosaurs, victims of the most recent mass extinction some 65 million years ago. How we interpret the causes and consequences of extinction and their ensuing moral imperatives is deeply embedded in the cultural values of any given historical moment. And, as David Sepkoski reveals, the history of scientific ideas about extinction over the past two hundred years—as both a past and a current process—is implicated in major changes in the way Western society has approached biological and cultural diversity. It seems self-evident to most of us that diverse ecosystems and societies are intrinsically valuable, but the current fascination with diversity is a relatively recent phenomenon. In fact, the way we value diversity depends crucially on our sense that it is precarious—that it is something actively threatened, and that its loss could have profound consequences. In Catastrophic Thinking, Sepkoski uncovers how and why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to think catastrophically about extinction.
Collected papers
Author: Géza Gyula Fejérváry (báró)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Memoir
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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