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Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene
. Ed(S): Nehm, Ross H.; Budd, Ann F.
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Hardback. Focuses attention on the richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic. This ttile provides an updated geological framework and a series of studies of evolutionary stasis and change among different lineages and associated ecological communities. Editor(s): Nehm, Ross H.; Budd, Ann F. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJD; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 694.
Science is supposedly ultimately constrained by the nature of the physical world, meaning that changes in scientific methods and practice are supposed to be away from those with less utility and toward those that are more revealing, useful, and productive of insights into the nature of that world. In practice, however, science is no less susceptible to fads, culture shifts, and pendulum swings than any other realm of human endeavor. This is an especially important feature of science to keep in mind in the present climate of shrinking government funding (at least in prop- tion to the demand) and the ... Read more
Science is supposedly ultimately constrained by the nature of the physical world, meaning that changes in scientific methods and practice are supposed to be away from those with less utility and toward those that are more revealing, useful, and productive of insights into the nature of that world. In practice, however, science is no less susceptible to fads, culture shifts, and pendulum swings than any other realm of human endeavor. This is an especially important feature of science to keep in mind in the present climate of shrinking government funding (at least in prop- tion to the demand) and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
Topics in Geobiology
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402082146
SKU
V9781402082146
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Reviews for Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene
Aus den Rezensionen: “... Der vorliegende Band versteht sich als Zusammenfassung ... soll also zu weiteren Arbeiten ermutigen. ... Einer geschichtlichen Einführung folgt eine sehr detaillierte Darstellung der Geologie und Stratigraphie. Weitere Kapitel behandeln Klimaveränderungen (auf der Basis von Sr/Ca-Isotopen), taphonomische Prozesse am Beispiel von Mollusken, Evolution und Probleme des Artkonzepts in Korallen und Gastropoden, und Veränderung der Faunenzusammensetzung ... Read more