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paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSV; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 569.
We cannot catechise our stony ichthyolites, as did the necromantic lady of the Arabian Nights did the coloured fishes of the lake which had once been a city, when she touched their dead bodies with her wand, and they straightaway raised their heads and rephed to her queries. We would have many a question to ask them if we could - questions never to be solved. Hugh Miller, The Old Red Sandstone When I started this book in 1991, the subject of vertebrate origins was fusty and unfashionable. Early drafts for this preface read like an extend ed complaint at ... Read more
We cannot catechise our stony ichthyolites, as did the necromantic lady of the Arabian Nights did the coloured fishes of the lake which had once been a city, when she touched their dead bodies with her wand, and they straightaway raised their heads and rephed to her queries. We would have many a question to ask them if we could - questions never to be solved. Hugh Miller, The Old Red Sandstone When I started this book in 1991, the subject of vertebrate origins was fusty and unfashionable. Early drafts for this preface read like an extend ed complaint at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401737784
SKU
V9789401737784
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Reviews for Before the Backbone
Henry Gee has admirably mastered a formidable library of scattered reference to bring this timely book together...Palaeontologists, zoologists and geneticists should read this book and learn from it. - Endeavour The book is a true mine of information. - Ethology Ecology & Evolution Before the Backbone is certainly a valuable addition to ... Read more