Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life

by Roy Plotnick

Paleontology is one of the most visible yet most misunderstood fields of science. Children dream of becoming paleontologists when they grow up. Museum visitors flock to exhibits on dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. The media reports on fossil discoveries and new clues to mass extinctions. Nonetheless, misconceptions abound: paleontologists are assumed only to be interested in dinosaurs, and they are all too often imagined as bearded white...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231195346
• ISBN13: 9780231195348
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"