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By: Book review – The Story of Earth’s Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:42:37 +0000

[…] by palaeontologist and geologist Donald R. Prothero. After four previous books on fossils, rocks, dinosaurs, and evolution—I reviewed the last three (mostly) positively—Prothero now turns to […]

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By: Book review – A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:24:22 +0000

[…] for its more exhaustive coverage. A similar observation can be made about Donald Prothero’s The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries which has a comparable concept. With 25 essays spread over 472 pages, it can obviously develop each […]

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By: Book review – The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:41:58 +0000

[…] three previous books in this format on fossils, rocks, and dinosaurs, geologist and palaeontologist Donald R. Prothero here tackles the story of evolution in 25 notable […]

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By: Book review – Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea (Second Edition) | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:07:56 +0000

[…] Everything), Benjamin F. Mudge, Samuel W. Williston, and the Sternberg family (see my review of The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them). One thing that bedevils research to this day is the lack of stratigraphical data for older […]

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By: Book review – The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:33:16 +0000

[…] The above are but minor quibbles that take nothing away from the sheer joy and enthusiasm with which Prothero serves up these 25 chapters. Incredibly well written and insightful, there is something here for everyone with an interest in geology. Prothero distinguishes himself as an excellent science communicator and I cannot wait to get my hands on his other two books, The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution, which preceded this book, and The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them. […]

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