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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Donald R. ProtheroPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9780231146609ISBN 10: 0231146604 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 July 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface 1. Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs 2. Bad Lands, Good Fossils 3. Magnets and Lasers 4. Punk Eek in the Badlands 5. Death of the Dinosaurs 6. Marine World 7. Rocky Mountain Jungles and Eels' Ears 8. From Greenhouse to Icehouse 9. Once and Future Greenhouse? 10. Kids, Dinosaurs, and the Future of Paleontology Bibliography IndexReviewsProthero has woven together a gripping tale that will fascinate readers with many levels of expertise. -- Fossil News Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs should be on the suggested reading list for any undergraduate interested in pursuing paleontology, and as a paleobiological statement, shows that paleontology is more than (fossilized) sticks and stones. -- Geology Today Prothero has woven together a gripping tale that will fascinate readers with many levels of expertise. * Fossil News * Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs should be on the suggested reading list for any undergraduate interested in pursuing paleontology, and as a paleobiological statement, shows that paleontology is more than (fossilized) sticks and stones. * Geology Today * ...this is a very enriching, stimulating, and, of course, enjoyable reading. * Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie * Author InformationDonald R. Prothero is professor of geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and lecturer in geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988 and the Schuchert Award (for an outstanding paleontologist under forty) in 1991. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of twenty-four books and over two hundred scientific papers. His titles for Columbia University Press are Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, From Greenhouse to Icehouse, and The Eocene-Oligocene Transition. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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