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How to Deep-Freeze a Mammoth
Bjorn Kurten
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Description for How to Deep-Freeze a Mammoth
Hardback. How does bison meat taste after being frozen for 30,000 years? Were Ice Age cave painters trying to create "art" or just record history? How did ancient oil spills occur, before oil companies existed? Those are just some of the questions renowned paleontologist Bjorn Kurten answers in these lighthearted essays on fossils, ancient life, and related topics. Num Pages: 121 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
How does bison meat taste after being frozen for 30,000 years? Were Ice Age cave painters trying to create "art" or just record history? How did ancient oil spills occur, before there were oil companies to create them? Those are just some of the questions renowned paleontologist Bjorn Kurten answers in this collection of lighthearted essays on fossils, ancient life, and related topics. Written for the general reader, these lively pieces range from a look at how scientific theories are created to some new views of old myths. Among the topics Kurten examines are the history of the Mediterranean Sea, ... Read more
How does bison meat taste after being frozen for 30,000 years? Were Ice Age cave painters trying to create "art" or just record history? How did ancient oil spills occur, before there were oil companies to create them? Those are just some of the questions renowned paleontologist Bjorn Kurten answers in this collection of lighthearted essays on fossils, ancient life, and related topics. Written for the general reader, these lively pieces range from a look at how scientific theories are created to some new views of old myths. Among the topics Kurten examines are the history of the Mediterranean Sea, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
Number of Pages
121
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231059787
SKU
V9780231059787
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About Bjorn Kurten
Bjorn Kurten is known around the world for his research and his writing, both fiction and nonfiction. A Professor of Paleontology at the University of Helsinki since 1955, he is the author of six books which have been translated into more than half a dozen languages. His books available in English include The Age of Mammals, The Cave Bear Story, ... Read more
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