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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The stunning visuals and authoritative text make Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life a fascinating and revealing encyclopedia that will appeal to the whole family. From the origin of life, through the age of dinosaurs stalked by the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex, to the earliest humans, this book tells the story of life on Earth. Dinosaurs may be the stars of the show, but the book is truly comprehensive, with fossil plants, invertebrates, amphibians, fish,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Astrobiology, the study of life in space, is one of today's fastest growing fields of science. In this accessible and elegantly reasoned book, scholar and researcher Impey explores the foundations of this rapidly developing discipline, where it's going, and what it's likely to find. If Earth is not the only planet, it is so far the only living one that we know of. Impey reveals the incredible proliferation and variety of life on Earth, paying special...
Author
Publisher
Rider
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
"This work is updated version of the original ground-breaking Adam and Evolution. It not only heavily criticises neo-Darwinian orthodoxy in all its various fields but also provides a logical, alternative perspective to the question of life's origin. Its premise is that matter (and therefore any biological vehicle) is a form of non-conscious energy but code is an expression of thought. Matter itself, having no reason, cannot produce codified information....
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Series
Natural history library volume N22
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
With an extensive catalog at its heart, "Prehistoric Life" profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail; features breathtaking, state-of-the-art images; explores the concept of geological time; and explains the classification of species and how the evidence for their evolution is preserved and can be deciphered.
89) A new history of life: the radical new discoveries about the origins and evolution of life on earth
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all-- or so we think. [This book] offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how modern lifeforms evolved"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Outlines a reassessment of human evolution that draws on recent fossil findings and challenges current theories to say that humans coexisted and competed across the African continent while exchanging genes, tools, and behaviors.
Author
Series
American tribal religions volume supplement no. 1
Publisher
Museum of Northern Arizona Press
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English