The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World
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The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World by Michael J Benton
Includes seven sections that address a range of questions. This title answers such questions as: were the dinosaurs warm-blooded or not; why do mammals rule the earth; how did the eye evolve; and, what will happen to climates in the future.
'A treasure trove of wonders … a triumph of simply told stories … a superb source of cutting-edge ideas' - BBC Wildlife Magazine
'Wonderfully illustrated short essays by a galaxy of scientists … there is an enjoyable mystery for everyone' - New Scientist
'Wonderfully illustrated short essays by a galaxy of scientists … there is an enjoyable mystery for everyone' - New Scientist
Michael Benton is a palaeontologist who has made fundamental contributions to understanding the history of life, particularly concerning how biodiversity changes through time. He has led in integrating data from living and fossil organisms to generate phylogenies — solutions to the question of how major groups originated and diversified through time. This approach has revolutionised our understanding of major questions, including the relative roles of internal and external drivers on the history of life, whether diversity reaches saturation, the significance of mass extinctions, and how major clades radiate. A key theme is the Permo–Triassic mass extinction, the largest mass extinction of all time, which took place over 250 million years ago, where he investigates how life was able to recover from such a devastating event. Michael has written engaging books for children on the theme of dinosaurs, as well as a significant number of palaeontology textbooks for university students. He founded the MSc in Palaeobiology at Bristol in 1996, from which more than 450 students have graduated. He has supervised more than 70 PhD students.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500251430 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500251436 |
| Title | The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World |
| Author | Michael J Benton |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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