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A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britains most dazzling science writers. What do any of us know about the history of our planet before the arrival of m...

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The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world permanently. The face of the earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wo...

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In Richard Forteys capable hands the humble grey trilobite has been transformed into the E.T. of the Lower Palaeozoic a remarkable and fascinating book. SIMON WINCHESTER Richard Fortey is one of Britains leading popular scientists. Life: An Unauth...

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An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times. In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning science writer Richard Fortey chronic...

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Dry Store Room No. 1 is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. Behind the public faade of...

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This edition does not include illustrations.'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigo...

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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.'The Earth is a true delight: full of awe-inspiring details... it blends travel, history, reportage and science to creat an unforgettable picture of our ancient earth.' Sunday TimesThe face of the ...

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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.'In Richard Fortey's capable hands the humble grey trilobite has been transformed into the E.T. of the Lower Palaeozoic - a remarkable and fascinating book.' SIMON WINCHESTERRichard Fortey is one o...

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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain's most dazzling science writers.What do any of us know about...

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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to us...

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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the countryside to tell the full story of the British la...

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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the countryside to tell the full story of the British la...

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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the countryside to tell the full story of the British la...

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''Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades ? The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation''ADAM NICOLSON?Wonderful, absolutely beguiling ? I learnt a lot and really loved it?RICHARD HOLMES?Gl...

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''Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades ? The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation''ADAM NICOLSON?Wonderful, absolutely beguiling ? I learnt a lot and really loved it?RICHARD HOLMES?Gl...

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'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON Wonderful, absolutely beguiling I learnt a lot and really loved it RICHARD HOLM...

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There are three great kingdoms of life Animals, Plants and Fungi but the fungi always come in third place. This may be because fungi seem alien to many people: their strange forms, their rapid appearance and disappearance, their hidden means of fe...

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A remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that make London's Natural History Museum one of the world's greatest institutions. In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Richard Fortey...

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With Trilobite, Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed Life, offers a marvelously written, smart and compelling, accessible and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures.Trilobites were shelled anima...

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In Earth, the acclaimed author of Trilobite! and Life takes us on a grand tour of the earth’s physical past, showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us. Beginning with Mt. Vesuvius, whose eruption in...

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A "New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice <BR>"Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book."--"The New York Times Book Review <BR>"A marvelous museum of the past...

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The arthropods contain more species than any other animal group, but the evolutionary pathways which led to their current diversity are still an issue of controversy. Arthropod Relationships provides an overview of our current understanding, respo...

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This monograph describes early Ordovician (Ibexian: Tremadocianearly Floian) trilobites from Northern Spitsbergen from the section through the Kirtonryggen Formation adjacent to Hinlopen Strait. The Formation is divided into three Members, each wi...

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This monograph describes early Ordovician (Ibexian: Tremadocian early Floian) trilobites from Northern Spitsbergen from the section through the Kirtonryggen Formation adjacent to Hinlopen Strait. The Formation is divided into three Members, each w...

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This monograph describes early Ordovician (Ibexian: Tremadocian early Floian) trilobites from Northern Spitsbergen from the section through the Kirtonryggen Formation adjacent to Hinlopen Strait. The Formation is divided into three Members, each w...

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''A very well written book about geology and geological history'' Sir David Attenborough, The Times ''I travelled to Haverfordwest to get to the past. From Paddington Station a Great Western locomotive took me on a journey westwards from London fu...

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"Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers."-Bill Bryson In his accessible introduction to the study and meaning of fossils, the world-renowned paleontologist Richard Fortey provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of fos...

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'A very well written book about geology and geological history' Sir David Attenborough, The Times 'I travelled to Haverfordwest to get to the past. From Paddington Station a Great Western locomotive took me on a journey westwards fr...

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Die Oberfläche der Erde hat eine bewegte Geschichte hinter sich. So stabil uns manche großräumigen Landschaftsstrukturen wie Gebirgszüge, Tiefebenen und Ozeane auch erscheinen mögen, so sehr hat sich das Antlitz der Erde ...

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