Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams

Skeletons

The Frame of Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The evolution of skeletons enabled an unprecedented array of bodies to evolve, from the tiniest seed shrimp to dinosaurs and blue whales. This book explores the incredible variety of skeletons in nature, and the impacts of climate change, and of medical and technological advances, for the future of skeletons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder Education Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9780198802105
• ISBN-10: 0198802102
• Artikelnr.: 49564190

Autorenporträt

Mark Williams is Professor of Palaeobiology at Leicester University, and Dr Jan Zalasiewicz is Senior Lecturer in Palaeobiology, also at Leicester. Jan Zalasiewicz is the author of several books, including The Earth After Us (Oxford University Press, 2008); Rocks VSI (Oxford University Press, 2016); and The Planet in a Pebble (Oxford University Press, 2010), and appears regularly in the media as a commentator on the Anthropocene, extinctions, and other geological topics. Together they have authored two books, Ocean Worlds (Oxford University Press, 2014), and The Goldilocks Planet (Oxford University Press, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1: A world (mostly) without skeletons
2: Skeleton diversity
3: A shell on the outside
4: A shell on the inside
5: Greening the land
6: Mega-skeletons
7: Mini-skeletons
8: Flying skeletons
9: Skeleton archives
10: Future skeletons
Index