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Life in Deep Time - J. William Schopf

Life in Deep Time

Darwin’s “Missing” Fossil Record
Buch | Hardcover
230 Seiten
2018
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-39037-9 (ISBN)
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This book documents astonishing discoveries revealing the first 85% of of the history of life. These earliest periods of life on Earth, once perceived as unknowable, emerge as a tale of individual exploration told by a scholar whose 60 years of research uncovered the richness and diversity which forms the foundation of todays biodiversity.
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
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white; 19 Illustrations, color; 79 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 635 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10 1-138-39037-2 / 1138390372
ISBN-13 978-1-138-39037-9 / 9781138390379
Zustand Neuware
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