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Paleontology : an illustrated history / David Bainbridge.
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- ISBN: 9780691220925
- ISBN: 0691220921
- ISBN: 9780691220925 : HRD
- ISBN: 0691220921 : HRD
- ISBN: 0691220921
- ISBN: 9780691220925
- Physical Description: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Organic remains of a former world -- A preternatural selection -- From Indiana Jones to iridium anomaly -- The modern ancient. |
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| Subject: | Paleontology > History. Paleontology > History > Pictorial works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 560 BAINBRIDGE (Text) | 34000151310760 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Side Branch - Bridgeport | 560 BAINBRIDGE (Text) | 34000151321726 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Table of Contents
Paleontology : An Illustrated History
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Foreword: The Pleasure of Ruins | p. 6 | |
| Introduction: When Fossils Became Life | p. 10 | |
| Chapter 1 | ||
| Organic Remains of a Former World | p. 20 | |
| A Layered Chronology of Fossils William Smith | p. 34 | |
| "The Greatest Fossilist the World Ever Knew" Mary Anning | p. 52 | |
| Fossil Hunting in South America Charles Darwin | p. 70 | |
| Chapter 2 | ||
| A Preternatural Selection | p. 78 | |
| The Bone Wars Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope | p. 96 | |
| Leaping Laelaps and its Co-stars Charles Knight | p. 108 | |
| The Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion Charles Walcott | p. 118 | |
| Chapter 3 | ||
| From Indiana Jones to Iridium Anomaly | p. 126 | |
| The Ends of the Earth Roy Chapman Andrews | p. 140 | |
| Life Before Ancient Life Reg Sprigg and Trevor Ford | p. 154 | |
| Consuls, Nutcrackers, and Footprints in the Ash Mary Leakey | p. 162 | |
| Did an Extraterrestrial Impact Kill the Dinosaurs? Luis and Walter Alvarez | p. 178 | |
| Chapter 4 | ||
| The Modern Ancient | p. 182 | |
| Gaining Ground Jenny Clack | p. 194 | |
| Paleontology and Popcorn King Kong and Jurassic Park | p. 204 | |
| Reawakening Mammuthus primigenius Yuri Khudi | p. 214 | |
| Life on Earth: Fossils From When the World Was Young | p. 228 | |
| Credits | p. 250 | |
| Index | p. 254 |
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