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9780521663014: Travels with the Fossil Hunters
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ISBN 10: 0521663016 ISBN 13: 9780521663014
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Sinossi

Copiously illustrated stories of remote palaeontological expeditions, for anyone interested in travelling and fossils.

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Recensione

' ... a collection of well written entertaining accounts ... a good-humoured and enlightening read!' Bulletin of the British Ecological Society

' ... the modern counterpart of Shackleton's South or Humboldt's earlier travels in South America. ... The fossil hunters here are ordinary palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum in London, and this book documents their travels to every corner of the globe. And, while some imagine the next find as potentially turning the science upside down, the discoveries charted here are personal and concern people and cultures as much as fossils ...'. The Times Literary Supplement

'... a fun book to read, and will be of interest to professionals and amateurs alike.' Palaeontologia Electronica

'This is a beautiful book. At first glance it looks like a rather glossy coffee table book, but when you stop looking at the numerous spectacular colour photographs and start to read the fascinating accounts of twelve British palaeontologists working in remote areas of the globe, you realise that it is much more than that! Armchair travellers will delight in the glimpses of other cultures and far flung places.' Mary Howie, OUGS Journal

Descrizione del libro

Twelve stories of the problems, curiosities and geology that palaeontologists encounter working in extreme field conditions, from desert to frozen waste, from mountain to forest. Copiously illustrated and with a foreword from David Attenborough, this fascinating book will appeal to anyone interested in travelling and fossils, amateurs and professionals alike.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521663016
ISBN 13 
9780521663014
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
230
Redattore
Whybrow Peter J.
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Avery
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