Life in Deep Time
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-38549-8 (ISBN)
When Darwin wrote his Origin of Species, one of his main concerns was with the perceived shortness of the fossil record of life. Until the work of J. William Schopf and his colleagues, much of this history was thought to be unknowable. This book, through a memoire of Schopf’s personal recollections, documents astonishing discoveries revealing the first 85% of the history of life. These earliest periods of life on Earth emerge as a tale of individual and internationally collaborative exploration told by a scholar whose 60 years of research contributed to the recognition of the richness and diversity which forms the foundation of today’s biodiversity.
Key Features
Documents, through personal narrative, a paradigm shift is the study of the earliest life
Summarizes a fossil record largely unknown until relatively recently
Addresses one of Darwin's most troubling concerns about his theory of natural selection
Predicts future developments in the study of first life
J. William Schopf is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life at the University of California Los Angeles. He is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author or co-author of hundreds of scholarly journal articles, as well as many authored and edited books. His books have won 3 national prizes.
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Schopf Lineage
Chapter 2 Bill Schopf’s Schooling and First Year of College
Chapter 3 Earth’s Early Life – The Quest Begins
Chapter 4 The Missing Precambrian Record of Life
Chapter 5 Graduate School and Early Career
Chapter 6 The 1970s – Lucky, Time and Time Again
Chapter 7 The 1980s – The PPRG Defines the Field
Chapter 8 This Science Over the Years
Chapter 9 Today’s Status of This Science
Chapter 10 Final Comments
Addendum: Selected Relevant Literature in Chronological Order
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.11.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white; 19 Illustrations, color; 79 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-38549-2 / 1138385492 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-38549-8 / 9781138385498 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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