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Author : Thomas J. M. Schopf
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Presidential Addresses of the Paleontological Society written by Thomas J. M. Schopf and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Geological Society of America written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roy Plotnick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231551312
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Explorers of Deep Time written by Roy Plotnick and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paleontology is one of the most visible yet most misunderstood fields of science. Children dream of becoming paleontologists when they grow up. Museum visitors flock to exhibits on dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. The media reports on fossil discoveries and new clues to mass extinctions. Nonetheless, misconceptions abound: paleontologists are assumed only to be interested in dinosaurs, and they are all too often imagined as bearded white men in battered cowboy hats. Roy Plotnick provides a behind-the-scenes look at paleontology as it exists today in all its complexity. He explores the field’s aims, methods, and possibilities, with an emphasis on the compelling personal stories of the scientists who have made it a career. Paleontologists study the entire history of life on Earth; they do not only use hammers and chisels to unearth fossils but are just as likely to work with cutting-edge computing technology. Plotnick presents the big questions about life’s history that drive paleontological research and shows why knowledge of Earth’s past is essential to understanding present-day environmental crises. He introduces readers to the diverse group of people of all genders, races, and international backgrounds who make up the twenty-first-century paleontology community, foregrounding their perspectives and firsthand narratives. He also frankly discusses the many challenges that face the profession, with key takeaways for aspiring scientists. Candid and comprehensive, Explorers of Deep Time is essential reading for anyone curious about the everyday work of real-life paleontologists.
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Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Pan-American Geologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A monthly journal devoted to speculative geology, constructive geological criticism, and geological record" (varies slightly).
Author : Charles Rollin Keyes
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Total Pages : 1200 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Pan-American Geologist written by Charles Rollin Keyes and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Sepkoski
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022627294X
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Rereading the Fossil Record written by David Sepkoski and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, David Sepkoski shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a small but influential group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. By tracing the role of computer technology, large databases, and quantitative analytical methods in the emergence of paleobiology, this book also offers insight into the growing prominence and centrality of data-driven approaches in recent science.
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Total Pages : 1280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Engineering and Mining Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Haufe
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026237160X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book How Knowledge Grows written by Chris Haufe and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that the development of scientific practice and growth of scientific knowledge are governed by Darwin’s evolutionary model of descent with modification. Although scientific investigation is influenced by our cognitive and moral failings as well as all of the factors impinging on human life, the historical development of scientific knowledge has trended toward an increasingly accurate picture of an increasing number of phenomena. Taking a fresh look at Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, in How Knowledge Grows Chris Haufe uses evolutionary theory to explain both why scientific practice develops the way it does and how scientific knowledge expands. This evolutionary model, claims Haufe, helps to explain what is epistemically special about scientific knowledge: its tendency to grow in both depth and breadth. Kuhn showed how intellectual communities achieve consensus in part by discriminating against ideas that differ from their own and isolating themselves intellectually from other fields of inquiry and broader social concerns. These same characteristics, says Haufe, determine a biological population’s degree of susceptibility to modification by natural selection. He argues that scientific knowledge grows, even across generations of variable groups of scientists, precisely because its development is governed by Darwinian evolution. Indeed, he supports the claim that this susceptibility to modification through natural selection helps to explain the epistemic power of certain branches of modern science. In updating and expanding the evolutionary approach to scientific knowledge, Haufe provides a model for thinking about science that acknowledges the historical contingency of scientific thought while showing why we nevertheless should trust the results of scientific research when it is the product of certain kinds of scientific communities.
Author : Ray Smith Bassler
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Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Collected Papers written by Ray Smith Bassler and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. Kathleen Lyons
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022661834X
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Foundations of Paleoecology written by S. Kathleen Lyons and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 99% of all life that has ever existed is extinct. Fortunately, these long dead species have left traces of their lives and interactions with other species in the rock record that paleoecologists use to understand how species and ecosystems have changed over time. This record of past life allows us to study the dynamic nature of the Earth and gives context to current and future ecological challenges. This book brings together forty-four classic papers published between 1924 and 1999 that trace the origins and development of paleoecology. The articles cross taxonomic groups, habitat types, geographic areas, and time and have made substantial contributions to our knowledge of the evolution of life. Encompassing the full breadth of paleoecology, the book is divided into six parts: community and ecosystem dynamics, community reconstruction, diversity dynamics, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, species interaction, and taphonomy. Each paper is also introduced by a contemporary expert who gives context and explains its importance to ongoing paleoecological research. A comprehensive introduction to the field, Foundations of Paleoecology will be an essential reference for new students and established paleoecologists alike.
Author : David Raup
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780716700227
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Principles of Paleontology written by David Raup and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1978-03-15 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents principles of paleontology at an undergraduate level Emphasizes theory and concepts over details of morphology and the fossil record Profusely illustrated with photographs, charts, graphs, and tables
Author : Raymond Cecil Moore
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Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Journal of Paleontology written by Raymond Cecil Moore and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 7-10, 12-13, 15-17 include section "Bibliography and index to new genera, species and varieties of Foraminifera" (varies) by H. E. Thalmann.
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Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Engineering and Mining Journal-press written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of California (1868-1952). President
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Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the President of the University on Behalf of the Regents to His Excellency the Governor of the State of California written by University of California (1868-1952). President and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of California, Berkeley
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Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Annual Report of the President of the University on Behalf of the Regents to His Excellency the Governor of the State of California written by University of California, Berkeley and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James W. Valentine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226389134
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Evolutionary Paleobiology written by James W. Valentine and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-12-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing the state of the art in evolutionary paleobiology, this book provides a much-needed overview of this rapidly changing field. An influx of ideas and techniques both from other areas of biology and from within paleobiology itself have resulted in numerous recent advances, including increased recognition of the relationships between ecological and evolutionary theory, renewed vigor in the study of ecological communities over geologic timescales, increased understanding of biogeographical patterns, and new mathematical approaches to studying the form and structure of plants and animals. Contributors to this volume—a veritable who's who of eminent researchers—present the results of original research and new theoretical developments, and provide directions for future studies. Individually wide ranging, these papers all share a debt to the work of James W. Valentine, one of the founders of modern evolutionary paleobiology. This volume's unified approach to the study of life on earth will be a major contribution to paleobiology, evolution, and ecology.
