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Overview2012 PROSE Award, Earth Science: Honorable Mention For more than fifty years scientists have been concerned with the interrelationships of Earth and life. Over the past decade, however, geobiology, the name given to this interdisciplinary endeavour, has emerged as an exciting and rapidly expanding field, fuelled by advances in molecular phylogeny, a new microbial ecology made possible by the molecular revolution, increasingly sophisticated new techniques for imaging and determining chemical compositions of solids on nanometer scales, the development of non-traditional stable isotope analyses, Earth systems science and Earth system history, and accelerating exploration of other planets within and beyond our solar system. Geobiology has many faces: there is the microbial weathering of minerals, bacterial and skeletal biomineralization, the roles of autotrophic and heterotrophic metabolisms in elemental cycling, the redox history in the oceans and its relationship to evolution and the origin of life itself.. This book is the first to set out a coherent set of principles that underpin geobiology, and will act as a foundational text that will speed the dissemination of those principles. The chapters have been carefully chosen to provide intellectually rich but concise summaries of key topics, and each has been written by one or more of the leading scientists in that field.. Fundamentals of Geobiology is aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduates in the Earth and biological sciences, and to the growing number of scientists worldwide who have an interest in this burgeoning new discipline. Additional resources for this book can be found at: http://www.wiley.com/go/knoll/geobiology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew H. Knoll (Harvard University) , Don E. Canfield (University of Southern Denmark) , Kurt O. Konhauser (University of Alberta)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.40cm Weight: 1.338kg ISBN: 9781405187527ISBN 10: 1405187522 Pages: 456 Publication Date: 20 April 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback 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. Table of ContentsReviewsIn summary, Fundamentals of Geobiology would be a welcome addition to any geoscientist's bookshelf, especially those interested in sedimentary geology, palaeobiology or Earth history. ( The Geological Journal , 1 January 2013) It would be this reviewer's stranded on a desert island selection. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. ( Choice , 1 January 2013) ?In summary, Fundamentals of Geobiology would be a welcome addition to any geoscientist?s bookshelf, especially those interested in sedimentary geology, palaeobiology or Earth history.? (The Geological Journal, 1 January 2013) ?It would be this reviewer?s ?stranded on a desert island? selection. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.? (Choice, 1 January 2013) PROSE Awards 2012: Honorable Mention in the Earth Sciences Category. It would be this reviewer's stranded on a desert island selection. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. ( Choice , 1 January 2013) Author InformationAndrew H. Knoll is the Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University. A paleontologist by training, he has worked for three decades to understand the environmental history of Earth and, more recently, Mars. Knoll is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Donald E. Canfield is Professor of Ecology at the University of Southern Denmark and Director of the Nordic Center for Earth Evolution (NordCEE). Canfield uses the study of modern microbes and microbial ecosystems to understand the evolution of Earth surface chemistry and biology through time. Canfield is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Kurt O. Konhauser is a Professor of Geomicrobiology at the University of Alberta. He is Editor-in-Chief for the journal, Geobiology, and author of the textbook, Introduction to Geomicrobiology. His research focuses on metal-mineral-microbe interactions in both modern and ancient environments. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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