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Rereading the Fossil Record - David Sepkoski

Rereading the Fossil Record

The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline

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Buch | Softcover
440 Seiten
2015
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-27294-8 (ISBN)
CHF 54,10 inkl. MwSt
Presents a historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology. The author shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. It offers insight on data-driven approaches in recent science.
Rereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, David Sepkoski shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a small but influential group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. By tracing the role of computer technology, large databases, and quantitative analytical methods in the emergence of paleobiology, this book also offers insight into the growing prominence and centrality of data-driven approaches in recent science.

David Sepkoski is a senior research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. He is coeditor, with Michael Ruse, of The Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.3.2015
Sprache englisch
Maße 15 x 23 mm
Gewicht 652 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10 0-226-27294-X / 022627294X
ISBN-13 978-0-226-27294-8 / 9780226272948
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