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Adventures in Deep Time – Volume 1: The Earth Spit Out Monsters: A Wild, Rhymed History of Paleontology (Print Edition) - Couverture souple
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The Earth coughs up dragons, giants, and prehistoric beasts – and for thousands of years, we humans have been tripping over them. Sometimes with a hammer, sometimes with a wig, sometimes with dynamite.
This book packs the entire crazy history of paleontology onto the page in cheeky, rhythmic rhymes – just like the popular audiobook, only now it’s ready for flipping through, laughing out loud, and looking things up.
From cave people finding dinosaur bones and thinking “Shit, we’re tiny,” to Mary Anning, who with hammer and hound slays more monsters than all the knights of legend combined, right up to the Bone Wars – two researchers who hated each other like the plague and in the process emptied half of prehistory.
Linnaeus hands out ID cards to every beetle, Cuvier shows that even God sometimes carries out mass layoffs, Haeckel retouches embryos a little too enthusiastically, and Darwin mutters from his sickbed: “Sorry, God – we’re just a branch, not the throne.”
Full of black humor, biting irony, and awe at deep time.
The cherry on top: A selection of hand-drawn, delightfully weird illustrations (no AI nonsense – 100 % real ink-and-pencil magic from the artist, turning the funniest lines into visual punchlines that pop).
Perfect for anyone who loves science but hates dry textbooks – and who wants to laugh out loud while reading (or reading aloud).
Flip through – and discover why the greatest discoveries often came from the people nobody took seriously.
And yes: the bones are still laughing.
(Illustrated paperback/hardcover – rhymed, witty, guaranteed never boring)
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Adventures in Deep Time - Volume 1: The Earth Spit Out Monsters: A Wild, Rhymed History of Paleontology (Print Edition)
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Adventures in Deep Time - Volume 1 (Paperback)
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Earth coughs up dragons, giants, and prehistoric beasts - and for thousands of years, we humans have been tripping over them. Sometimes with a hammer, sometimes with a wig, sometimes with dynamite.This book packs the entire crazy history of paleontology onto the page in cheeky, rhythmic rhymes - just like the popular audiobook, only now it's ready for flipping through, laughing out loud, and looking things up.From cave people finding dinosaur bones and thinking "Shit, we're tiny," to Mary Anning, who with hammer and hound slays more monsters than all the knights of legend combined, right up to the Bone Wars - two researchers who hated each other like the plague and in the process emptied half of prehistory.Linnaeus hands out ID cards to every beetle, Cuvier shows that even God sometimes carries out mass layoffs, Haeckel retouches embryos a little too enthusiastically, and Darwin mutters from his sickbed: "Sorry, God - we're just a branch, not the throne."Full of black humor, biting irony, and awe at deep time.The cherry on top: A selection of hand-drawn, delightfully weird illustrations (no AI nonsense - 100 % real ink-and-pencil magic from the artist, turning the funniest lines into visual punchlines that pop).Perfect for anyone who loves science but hates dry textbooks - and who wants to laugh out loud while reading (or reading aloud).Flip through - and discover why the greatest discoveries often came from the people nobody took seriously.And yes: the bones are still laughing.(Illustrated paperback/hardcover - rhymed, witty, guaranteed never boring) This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783961831463
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