Time machines
Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949 · New York : Copernicus, 1998
- Publisher
- New York : Copernicus, 1998
- Physical description
- 241 pages
- ISBN
- 038798416X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Dewey classification
- 560
- Subjects
- Paleontology
- Language
- English
Summary
"In Time Machines the acclaimed paleontologist Peter D. Ward takes us on a trip not to the future, but to the end of the dinosaur age - from 80 million to 65 million years ago - to illustrate the techniques modern scientists use to recover events of the deep past."--BOOK JACKET. "From patterns in rock, scraps of fossilized bone, and traces of metal that, to the novice's eye, seem of little significance, scientists have discovered how to paint compelling pictures of our ancestral worlds. The methods geologists and paleontologists use - "time machines" - are as varied as the rock hammer and the thought experiment, comparative anatomy and the measure of sea levels, and DNA analysis and paleomagnetism. No single time machine recreates an entire picture of the past: Ward shows us that each is like a different color of brushstroke, by itself almost meaningless. Yet, when appropriately combined, a coherent, often beautiful, portrait of the deep past can emerge."--BOOK JACKET
Digital copy
Catalogue record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 001Control number | 21829 |
| 003Control number identifier | DLC |
| 005Date and time of latest transaction | 23 Nov 1998, 12:16 |
| 008Fixed-length data elements | 980407s1998 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010Library of Congress control number | 98018393 |
| 020International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 038798416X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| 040Cataloging source | DLC DLC OrLoB-B |
| 041Language code | eng |
| 050Library of Congress call number | QE711.2 .W37 1998 |
| 082Dewey Decimal call number | 560 |
| 090Local call number | QE711.2 War |
| 100Main entry – personal name | Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949- |
| 245Title statement | Time machines / Peter D. Ward. |
| 260Publication, distribution, etc. (imprint) | New York : Copernicus, 1998 |
| 300Physical description | 241 p. : ill. |
| 504Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520Summary, etc. | "In Time Machines the acclaimed paleontologist Peter D. Ward takes us on a trip not to the future, but to the end of the dinosaur age - from 80 million to 65 million years ago - to illustrate the techniques modern scientists use to recover events of the deep past."--BOOK JACKET. "From patterns in rock, scraps of fossilized bone, and traces of metal that, to the novice's eye, seem of little significance, scientists have discovered how to paint compelling pictures of our ancestral worlds. The methods geologists and paleontologists use - "time machines" - are as varied as the rock hammer and the thought experiment, comparative anatomy and the measure of sea levels, and DNA analysis and paleomagnetism. No single time machine recreates an entire picture of the past: Ward shows us that each is like a different color of brushstroke, by itself almost meaningless. Yet, when appropriately combined, a coherent, often beautiful, portrait of the deep past can emerge."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650Subject added entry – topical term | Paleontology. |
| 999Collection | Downloads |
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