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UNINA9910454814803321 |
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Autore |
Sampson Scott D |
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Titolo |
Dinosaur odyssey [[electronic resource] ] : fossil threads in the web of life / / Scott D. Sampson |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-70350-1 |
9786612703508 |
0-520-94442-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dinosaurs |
Paleontology |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. TREASURE ISLAND -- 2. STARDUST SAURIANS -- 3. DRAMATIS DINOSAURAE -- 4. DRIFTING CONTINENTS AND GLOBE-TROTTING DINOSAURS -- 5. SOLAR EATING -- 6. THE RIVER OF LIFE -- 7. THE GREEN GRADIENT -- 8. PANOPLY OF PREDATORS -- 9. HIDDEN STRANDS -- 10. OF HORN-HEADS AND DUCK-BILLS -- 11. THE GOLDILOCKS HYPOTHESIS -- 12. CINDERELLASAURUS -- 13. JURASSIC PARK DREAMS -- 14. WEST SIDE STORY -- 15. THE WAY OF ALL CREATURES -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- ART AND PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS -- INDEX |
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This captivating book, laced with evocative anecdotes from the field, gives the first holistic, up-to-date overview of dinosaurs and their world for a wide audience of readers. Situating these fascinating animals in a broad ecological and evolutionary context, leading dinosaur expert Scott D. Sampson fills us in on the exhilarating discoveries of the past twenty-five years, the most active period in the history of dinosaur paleontology, during which more "new" species were named than in all prior history. With these discoveries-and the |
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most recent controversies-in mind, Sampson reconstructs the odyssey of the dinosaurs from their humble origins on the supercontinent Pangaea, to their reign as the largest animals the planet has ever known, and finally to their abrupt demise. Much more than the story of who ate whom way back when, Dinosaur Odyssey places dinosaurs in an expansive web of relationships with other organisms and demonstrates how they provide a powerful lens through which to observe the entire natural world. Addressing topics such as extinction, global warming, and energy flow, Dinosaur Odyssey finds that the dinosaurs' story is, in fact, a major chapter in our own story. |
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UNISA996387065803316 |
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Autore |
Thompson Thomas |
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The Quakers quibbles [[electronic resource] ] : in three parts : first set forth in an expostulatory epistle to Will. Pfnn [i.e. Penn] concerning the late meeting held to Barbycan between the Baptists and the Quakers, also the pretended prophet Lod. Muggleton and the Quakers compared : the second part, in reply to a quibbling answer to G. Whiteheads, entituled The Quakers plainness ... : the third part, being a continuation of their quibbles ... / / by the same indifferent pen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Printed for F. Smith ..., 1675 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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38, [10], 101, [11], 99, [1] p |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HedworthHenry |
PennWilliam <1644-1718.> |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Each part has special t.p., and first part has 1674 imprint. |
Epistle to William Penn signed: Thomas Thompson. |
"H. Hedworth is also suspected of being the author of 'The Quakers Quibbles'"--Smith, J. Bibliotheca anti-Quakeriana, London, 1873. |
Errata: p. [10] before pt. 2, p. [1] at end. |
Imperfect: torn, cropped, stained and tightly bound, with slight loss of print |
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. |
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