Research Catalog

Title

• Fossils inside out : a global fusion of science, art and culture / text and photography by Thomas Wiewandt; foreword by Mark Norell.

Author

Wiewandt, Thomas A. (Thomas Alan),

Publication

• Tucson, Arizona : Wild Horizons Publishing, 2021.
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

Norell, Mark,

Description

200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 32 cm

Summary

"Fossils Inside Out brings fossils, paleoecology, and the fossil industry to life in a beautiful and easy-to-understand format suitable for young adults and older, scientists and non-scientists. This large format book is packed with information connecting the past, present, and future of life on Earth. It also reaches beyond the basics by covering historical perspectives on fossil collecting, laws that can confuse anyone, new imaging technologies, the art of fossil preparation, and how to spot a fake. Most of the imagery (90 percent) has been selected from the author's personal photographic archive, enhanced by some exceptional artwork from outside sources. Paleontologists, collectors, dealers, museums, and artists worldwide have generously helped to make this book possible"--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Fossils
• SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-184) and index.

Contents

Foreword -- Preface & acknowledgments -- 1. Dealers to dinosaurs: evolution of world's greatest fossil show -- 2. Fossils: messengers from the past -- 3. Fossils lost & found -- 4. Geological time & drifting continents -- 5. Collecting fossils -- 6. Gallery of life -- 7. Extinction events -- 8. Seeing the unseen: probing the past with new imaging technologies -- 9. Art of fossil preparation & display -- Annotated list of good books for further reading -- Index.

ISBN

• 1879728087
• 9781879728080

LCCN

99989409956

OCLC

• on1244882963
• 1244882963

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries