Author: Adrian Lister
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 158834617X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution. Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific establishment. While Darwin's research on Galápagos finches is celebrated, his work on fossils is less well known. Yet he was the first to collect the remains of giant extinct South American mammals; he worked out how coral reefs and atolls formed; he excavated and explained marine fossils high in the Andes; and he discovered a fossil forest that now bears his name. All of this research was fundamental in leading Darwin to develop his revolutionary theory of evolution. This richly illustrated book brings Darwin's fossils, many of which survive in museums and institutions around the world, together for the first time. Including new photography of many of the fossils--which in recent years have enjoyed a surge of scientific interest--as well as superb line drawings produced in the nineteenth century and newly commissioned artists' reconstructions of the extinct animals as they are understood today, Darwin's Fossils reveals how Darwin's discoveries played a crucial role in the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
Darwin's Fossils
Author: Adrian Lister
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 158834617X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution. Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific establishment. While Darwin's research on Galápagos finches is celebrated, his work on fossils is less well known. Yet he was the first to collect the remains of giant extinct South American mammals; he worked out how coral reefs and atolls formed; he excavated and explained marine fossils high in the Andes; and he discovered a fossil forest that now bears his name. All of this research was fundamental in leading Darwin to develop his revolutionary theory of evolution. This richly illustrated book brings Darwin's fossils, many of which survive in museums and institutions around the world, together for the first time. Including new photography of many of the fossils--which in recent years have enjoyed a surge of scientific interest--as well as superb line drawings produced in the nineteenth century and newly commissioned artists' reconstructions of the extinct animals as they are understood today, Darwin's Fossils reveals how Darwin's discoveries played a crucial role in the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 158834617X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution. Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific establishment. While Darwin's research on Galápagos finches is celebrated, his work on fossils is less well known. Yet he was the first to collect the remains of giant extinct South American mammals; he worked out how coral reefs and atolls formed; he excavated and explained marine fossils high in the Andes; and he discovered a fossil forest that now bears his name. All of this research was fundamental in leading Darwin to develop his revolutionary theory of evolution. This richly illustrated book brings Darwin's fossils, many of which survive in museums and institutions around the world, together for the first time. Including new photography of many of the fossils--which in recent years have enjoyed a surge of scientific interest--as well as superb line drawings produced in the nineteenth century and newly commissioned artists' reconstructions of the extinct animals as they are understood today, Darwin's Fossils reveals how Darwin's discoveries played a crucial role in the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
Journal
Author: Linnean Society of London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
The Aslib Directory
Author: Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
A collection of the public general statutes passed in the ... year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland
Author: Bruce Ing
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 1910481599
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A classic work and the first to comprehensively study this interesting life form, which has an important role in decomposing plant material. Myxomycetes (slime moulds) were once considered a special group of fungi. However they are now grouped within Amoebozoa as unicellular protists that adopt a multicellular aggregate form in certain conditions. Introductory chapters cover life-history, structure, ecology, distribution, how to find and collect material, bark culture techniques, microscopic examination, and herbarium storage of ‘slime-moulds’. The detailed accounts cover identification, keys, descriptions and illustrations. They also include notes on differences from other similar species. This is a reprint of the enlarged 2020 edition with a 20-page supplement including new species, together with 54 colour photos. It is a guide to the British and Irish species, including keys, descriptions, and illustrations showing the diagnostic features along with introductory chapters on life history, structure, ecology and distribution, collecting, techniques, and preservation.
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 1910481599
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A classic work and the first to comprehensively study this interesting life form, which has an important role in decomposing plant material. Myxomycetes (slime moulds) were once considered a special group of fungi. However they are now grouped within Amoebozoa as unicellular protists that adopt a multicellular aggregate form in certain conditions. Introductory chapters cover life-history, structure, ecology, distribution, how to find and collect material, bark culture techniques, microscopic examination, and herbarium storage of ‘slime-moulds’. The detailed accounts cover identification, keys, descriptions and illustrations. They also include notes on differences from other similar species. This is a reprint of the enlarged 2020 edition with a 20-page supplement including new species, together with 54 colour photos. It is a guide to the British and Irish species, including keys, descriptions, and illustrations showing the diagnostic features along with introductory chapters on life history, structure, ecology and distribution, collecting, techniques, and preservation.
Whitehall Through the Centuries
Author: George S. Dugdale
Publisher: London : Phoenix House
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher: London : Phoenix House
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Troweling Through Time
Author: Florence Cline Lister
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826335029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Florence Lister, one of archaeology's eminent authorities, presents the long and colorful history of exploration in the Mesa Verde area of the American Southwest.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826335029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Florence Lister, one of archaeology's eminent authorities, presents the long and colorful history of exploration in the Mesa Verde area of the American Southwest.
A Collection of the Public General Statutes
Catalog of the Theatre and Drama Collections: Theatre Collection: books on the theatre. 9 v
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description