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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Donald R. Prothero , Carl BuellPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780253008190ISBN 10: 0253008190 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 09 May 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Preface 1. Quicksand! 2. 30 Million Years Ago in Asia 3. ""New Conquest of Central Asia"" 4. Rhinoceroses without Horns 5. Building a Giant 6. What's in a Name? 7. Life among Giants Bibliography Index"Reviews"""In a look at the biggest of these wonders ... Prothero delves into these overlooked big guys, the most massive mammals to ever walk the Earth ... [and] cuts across every aspect of paleontology to tell the story of these vanished giants. Chapters range from entertaining recounting of discoverers ... to scholarly descriptions of the rules that biologists must follow to name a new species or estimate a vanished rhino's weight.""--USA Today" In a look at the biggest of these wonders ... Prothero delves into these overlooked big guys, the most massive mammals to ever walk the Earth ... [and] cuts across every aspect of paleontology to tell the story of these vanished giants. Chapters range from entertaining recounting of discoverers ... to scholarly descriptions of the rules that biologists must follow to name a new species or estimate a vanished rhino's weight. --USA Today Author InformationRecipient of the 2013 James Shea Award of the National Association of Geology Teachers for outstanding writing and editing in the geosciences. Donald R. Prothero is Emeritus Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology. He has published 32 books, including Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future (IU Press, 2013); Earth: Portrait of a Planet; The Evolution of Earth; Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters; Catastrophes!; and After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (IU Press, 2006). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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