Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway (eBook)

An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip

Kirk Johnson, Ray Troll (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2024
Chicago Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-64160-916-6 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A paleontological odyssey that manages to be informative, witty, educational-and enormous fun."e; -Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World An epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the ultimate 5,000-mile paleo road trip.Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway follows the most unusual travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils. Throughout their journey, they encounter "e;paleonerds"e; like themselves, people dedicated to finding everything from suburban T. rex to killer Eocene pigs to ancient fossilized forests. This updated editions brings the text up-to-date on new discoveries, new realizations, and new places, along with new art. A fascinating travelogue, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway shows us that fossils are everywhere if you learn to look for them-even at 65 miles per hour.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.6.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• ISBN-10: 1-64160-916-8 / 1641609168
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64160-916-6 / 9781641609166