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History of Life in 100 Fossils

by Dr Paul D Taylor

Published 1 January 2014
Adult

A History of Life in 100 Fossils showcases 100 key fossils that together illustrate the evolution of life on earth. Iconic specimens have been selected from the renowned collections of the two premier natural history museums in the world, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and the Natural History Museum, London. The fossils have been chosen not only for their importance in the history of life, but also because of the visual story they tell. This stunning book is perfect for all readers bec...

Cover of Die Familie der Mormyren: Eine Anatomisch-Zoologische Abhandlung (Classic Reprint)

Cover of Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 3

Cover of Bulletins of American Paleontology.; v.8 1919-1921

Cover of Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera

Deep-sea benthic foraminifera have played a central role in biostratigraphic, paleoecological, and paleoceanographical research for over a century. These single--celled marine protists are important because of their geographic ubiquity, distinction morphologies and rapid evolutionary rates, their abundance and diversity deep--sea sediments, and because of their utility as indicators of environmental conditions both at and below the sediment--water interface. In addition, stable isotopic data obt...

Cover of Skeletal Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America

Cover of Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Vol. 19: January, 1910, to December, 1910 (Classic Reprint)

Cover of Palaeontographica, 1907-1908, Vol. 54: Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Vorzeit (Classic Reprint)

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Becklespinax

Published 17 October 2011
Adult

Cover of The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man

James Geikie (1839-1915) was born in Edinburgh, and his work from 1861 as a field geologist for the Geological Survey in Scotland provided the evidence for the theories he proposes in this work, first published in 1874 (revised editions appeared in 1877 and 1894). Geikie brought together his own research and the findings of other geologists in Scotland to support his main thesis of 'drift' being evidence of the action not of sea ice but of land ice. He was influenced by James Croll's theory that...

Cover of Organic Remains of a Former World. an Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World; Generally Termed Extraneous Fossils Volume 1

Cover of Commentari Dell'ateneo Di Brescia

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Meave Leakey

Published 6 November 2011
Adult

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Spin Electronics

Published 31 December 2003

The history of scientific research and technological development is replete with examples of breakthroughs that have advanced the frontiers of knowledge, but seldom does it record events that constitute paradigm shifts in broad areas of intellectual pursuit. One notable exception, however, is that of spin electronics (also called spintronics, magnetoelectronics or magnetronics), wherein information is carried by electron spin in addition to, or in place of, electron charge. It is now well establ...

Cover of Nachrichtsblatt Der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 1905, Vol. 37 (Classic Reprint)

Cover of Recherches sur les Foraminifères du Lias du Département de la Moselle, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Cover of Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida, Vol. 3: With Especial Reference to the Miocene Silex-Beds of Tampa and the Pliocene Beds of the Caloosahatchie River; A New Classification of the Pelecypoda (Classic Reprint)

Cover of Die Liburnische Stufe und Deren Grenz-Horizonte, Vol. 1: Eine Studie Über die Schichtenfolgen der Cretacisch-Eocänen oder Protocänen Landbildungsperiode im Bereiche der Küstenländer von Österreich-Ungarn; Geologische Übersicht und Beschreibung der Faunen-

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Notebook

by Wild Pages Press

Published 26 February 2017
Adult

Cover of Bulletin De L'académie Impériale des Sciences De St.-Pétersbourg, 1892: Nouvelle Série II (XXXIV); (Avec 10 Planches) (Classic Reprint)

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Palynology is important in basic as well as in manifold applied sciences, as e.g. biology, medicine, forensics, earth history, climatology and food production. This volume is the first fully illustrated handbook of palynological principles and glossary terms, exclusively using LM and EM micrographs of superior quality. A comprehensive General Chapter on pollen morphology, anatomy, pollen development etc. based on the present knowledge in palynology introduces the reader in the world of pollen. T...

Cover of Die Akalephen der Plankton-Expedition (Classic Reprint)

Cover of The Homologies of the Stylar Cusps in the Upper Molars of the Didelphyidae (Classic Reprint)