Peter D. Ward
Springer New York
0e druk, 2012
9781461272397
Time Machines
Scientific Explorations in Deep Time
Specificaties
Paperback, 241 blz.
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Engels
Springer New York |
0e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781461272397
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
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
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781461272397
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:241
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:0
Inhoudsopgave
One: Finding Time.- 1 Fossils and the Birth of the Geological Time Scale.- 2 Radiometric Clocks.- 3 Magnetic Clocks.- Two: Place.- 4 Baja British Columbia.- 5 Ancient Environments and the Level of the Sea.- Three: Inhabitants.- 6 The Bite of a Mosasaur.- 7 Virtual Ammonites.- 8 The Ancestry of the Nautilus.- 9 Of Inoceramids and Isotopes.- Four: The Time Machine.- 10 Cretaceous Park.- Afterword.- References.