Time Machines: Scientific Explorations in Deep Time - Couverture souple

Ward, Peter D. D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1461272394 ISBN 13 : 9781461272397

Editeur : Copernicus, 2012

Synopsis

In ten essays united by a common theme, acclaimed author Peter D. Ward shows how paleontologists use time machines to probe the distant past. The machines may be as simple as a rock hammer, as humble as a magnifying glass or as esoteric as a mass spectrometer, but when powered by the imagination of scientists willing to take creative risks, each takes us on a fascinating journey to long-ago worlds. In the tradition of Loren Eisley and Steven Jay Gould, these essays present fascinating profiles of the past and the people who are making it come alive.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

What is the past? It is a time as well as a place. Acclaimed author Peter D. Ward describes the tools that contemporary scientists use to uncover facts about the past - terrain, climate, and the life forms that once inhabited this planet. Time Machines presents fascinating profiles of the deep past and the scientists who are making it come alive. ". . .for the general reader, Time Machines may be the most interesting book yet by the University of Washington prof. . ." -SEATTLE WEEKLY "For anyone interested in how and why as well as the what of paleontology, Time Machines is a must read."-AMERICAN SCIENTIST

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Copernicus
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461272394
• ISBN 13: 9781461272397
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
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