Architects of Eternity: The New Science of Fossils

Richard Corfield

ISBN 10: 0747271798 / ISBN 13: 9780747271796

Published by Headline Book Publishing, 2001

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0747271798I4N01

Synopsis:

Man has always been fascinated by fossils, but it is only relatively recently that we have begun to appreciate fully what they actually tell us about the world. Scattered across eternity, the fossil record is our only clue to the vast tracts of "deep time" which precede the advent of humankind. Predictably, the way fossils have been interpreted in the past often tell us more about the personalities involved than it does about prehistory. But is through these personalities, from Othniel Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope battling it out in the wilderness of 19th-century Wyoming right up to the bitter feuds of scientists of the 21st-century, that in the end we have come to learn extraordinary things about the real origins of life on earth.

About the Author: Richard Corfield is a Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University. He has been at the forefront of palaeontological innovation for the past decade. This is his first book.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Architects of Eternity: The New Science of ...
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Illustrated
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket