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Author : Cathy McNassor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738589152
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Los Angeles's La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park written by Cathy McNassor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Gilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578664279
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Inside Hancock Park written by Jane Gilman and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : E. J. Stephens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738588834
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (888 download)
Download or read book Griffith Park written by E. J. Stephens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carved from the former Spanish land grant known as Rancho Los Feliz, Griffith Park, a rugged, 4,300-acre wilderness located in the heart of Los Angeles, has been the principal playground for Angelenos for over a century. Since 1896, when the land was donated to the city by controversial philanthropist Col. Griffith J. Griffith, generations of weekenders have picnicked, camped, golfed, ridden horses, hiked, bicycled, and played ball in the park. To this day, visitors still climb aboard its mini-train and merry-go-round and explore its zoo, museums, amphitheater, and world-famous observatory. The park, which lies in the shadow of the Hollywood sign, has been a frequent filming site for legendary movies like Back to the Future, Birth of a Nation, and Rebel Without a Cause.
Author : Cathy McNassor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738576114
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (761 download)
Download or read book Los Angeles's La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park written by Cathy McNassor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the first popular article on the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits was published in Sunset magazine in 1908, this amazing Ice Age fossil site has captivated the imaginations of countless people from all over the world. This "death trap of the ages" and its population of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and other extinct animals, now displayed in the stunning George C. Page Museum, continues to be one of the most popular tourist attractions in Los Angeles. George Allan Hancock donated the 26-acre site to the County of Los Angeles in 1924 to preserve this scientific treasure trove for research and the enjoyment of future generations.
Author : William L. Fox
Publisher : Counterpoint
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Making Time written by William L. Fox and published by Counterpoint. This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The five essays of this collection are a combination of science, history, and personal experience that will make you look at LA - and any other urban landscape - in an entirely new way."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Caroline Arnold
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781976862991
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Trapped in Tar written by Caroline Arnold and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs examine the work of scientists studying the fossil remains of prehistoric animals found in the La Brea tar pits.
Author : Walter Alvarez
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691169667
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book T. rex and the Crater of Doom written by Walter Alvarez and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history.
Author : John Campbell Merriam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Preliminary Report on the Discovery of Human Remains in an Asphalt Deposit at Rancho la Brea written by John Campbell Merriam and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604697105
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Wild LA written by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles may have a reputation as a concrete jungle, but in reality, it’s incredibly biodiverse, teeming with an amazing array of animals and plants. You just need to know where to find them. Wild LA—from the experts at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County—is the guidebook you’ve been waiting for. Equal parts natural history book, field guide, and trip planner, Wild LA has something for everyone. You’ll learn about the factors shaping LA nature—including flood, fire, and climate change—and find profiles of over one hundred local species, from sea turtles to rare plants to Hollywood's famous mountain lion, P-22. Also included are day trips that detail which natural wonders you can experience on hiking trails, in public parks, and in your own backyard.
Author : Leonid F. Khilyuk Ph.D.
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080507190
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Gas Migration written by Leonid F. Khilyuk Ph.D. and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-07-14 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This breakthrough new book may help save countless lives and avoid enormous losses. It presents a methodology for using gas migration to predict earthquakes and explosive gas buildup. Using rigorous scientific investigation and documented worldwide case histories, this remarkable book presents compelling evidence showing that changes in gas rates, composition, and migration accompany the tectronic events preceding earthquakes and their associated seismic events, such as volcanoes and tsunamis. Because these gas parameters are detectable and measurable, they provide an early warning of seismic activity.Gas Migration is the first book to accumulate, analyze and apply the interdisciplinary knowledge on gas migration and detail its connection to tectronic, seismic, and geologic phenomena. It combines geological, geochemical, geophysical, seismological, and petroleum engineering insights to demonstrate how gas migration and its associated phenomena can be used in earthquake and environmental geohazard identification and prediction. Topics include-·Tectonics and Earthquakes·Gas Migration at Plate Boundaries·Surface Soil-Gas Surveys·Faults and Petroleum Reservoirs·Earthquake Precursors·Whispering Gases·Paths and Mechanics of Gas Migration·Subsidence, Gas Migration, and Seismic Activity·And much moreWith this information, environmental specialists, civil engineers, petroleum geologists, seismologists, and urban planners now have a new and powerful conceptual basis and tool for understanding and perhaps even predicting gas explosions and earthquakes.
Author : Stan Huskey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439655065
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Elmwood Park Zoo written by Stan Huskey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elmwood Park Zoo was established in 1924 when roughly 16 acres of land and a small group of animals were donated to the borough of Norristown. Although the early years of the zoo were more akin to a small farm, it has gone through an extensive expansion during the past few decades. This expansion and the continued revitalization of Elmwood Park Zoo include some notable residents, such as the zoo's owl, who has become the mascot of Temple University, and its bald eagle, a sideline regular for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. The zoo today, with new features including a zip line and a giraffe exhibit, looks to the future, with plans for even more exhibits, a new restaurant, and an additional 20 acres yet to be developed.
Author : Lars Werdelin
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421425564
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Smilodon written by Lars Werdelin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth. Few animals spark the imagination as much as the sabertooth cat Smilodon. With their incredibly long canines, which hung like fangs past their jaws, these ferocious predators were first encountered by humans when our species entered the Americas. We can only imagine what ice age humans felt when they were confronted by a wild cat larger than a Siberian tiger. Because Smilodon skeletons are perennial favorites with museum visitors, researchers have devoted themselves to learning as much as possible about the lives of these massive cats. This volume, edited by celebrated academics, brings together a team of experts to provide a comprehensive and contemporary view of all that is known about Smilodon. The result is a detailed scientific work that will be invaluable to paleontologists, mammalogists, and serious amateur sabertooth devotees. The book • covers all major aspects of the animal's natural history, evolution, phylogenetic relationships, anatomy, biomechanics, and ecology • traces all three Smilodon species across both North and South America • brings together original, unpublished research with historical accounts of Smilodon's discovery in nineteenth-century Brazil The definitive reference on these iconic Pleistocene mammals, Smilodon will be cited by researchers for decades to come. Contributors: John P. Babiarz, Wendy J. Binder, Charles S. Churcher, Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Robert S. Feranec, Therese Flink, James L. Knight , Margaret E. Lewis, Larry D. Martin, H. Gregory McDonald, Julie A. Meachen, William C. H. Parr, Ashley R. Reynolds. Kevin L. Seymour, Christopher A. Shaw, C. S. Ware, Lars Werdelin, H. Todd Wheeler, Stephen Wroe, M. Aleksander Wysocki
Author : Charles M. Martin
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447492846
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Monsters of Old Los Angeles - The Prehistoric Animals of the La Brea Tar Pits written by Charles M. Martin and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MONSTERS OF OLD LOS ANGELES- The Prehistoric Animals of the La Brat Tar Pits BY CHARLES ML MARTIN. Illustrated by Herb Raybum. Contents include: Acknowledgments 7 Foreword 9 1. The Sage of the Ages 13 2. Eat to Live 20 3. Primordial Supremacy 29 4. The Stampede 38 5. A New Home 45 6. Life at La Brea 52 7. Ricky Arrives 58 8. Ricky and Racky 67 9. The Rains Come 74 10. The Miracle of Life 81 11. The Greatest Tragedy 88 12. Six-Ton Mother Love 95 13. Thanksgiving Day at La Brea 103 14. The Land of Plenty 110 15. Go West, Young Man 117 Addenda The La Brea Excavations 125
Author : Michael Govan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 3791355554
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (913 download)
Download or read book Picasso and Rivera written by Michael Govan and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the artistic development of Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera, two towering figures in the world of modern art, this generously illustrated book tells an intriguing story of ambition, competition, and how the ancient world inspired their most important work. Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time explores the artistic dialogue between Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera that spanned most of their careers. The book showcases nearly 150 iconic paintings, sculptures, and prints by both artists, along with objects from their native ancient Mediterranean and Pre- Columbian worlds. It gives an overview of their early training in national academies; important archaeological discoveries that occurred during their formative years; and their friendly and adversarial relationship in Montparnasse. A series of essays accompanies the exquisitely reproduced works, allowing readers to understand how the work of each artist was informed by artworks from the past. Picasso drew upon Classical art to shape the foundations of 20th-century art, creating images that were at once deeply personal and universal. Meanwhile, Rivera traded the abstractions of European modernism for figuration and references to Mexico’s Pre-Columbian civilization, focusing on public murals that emphasized his love of Mexico and his hopes for its future. Offering valuable insight into the trajectory of each artist, this book draws connections between two powerful figures who transformed modern art.
Author : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher : Prestel
ISBN 13 : 9783791355627
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (556 download)
Download or read book Beyond Bling written by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and published by Prestel. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (October 2, 2016 -February 5, 2017)"--
Author : Juan Crespí
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Description of Distant Roads written by Juan Crespí and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chester Stock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Rancho La Brea written by Chester Stock and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
