Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

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Price
$42.00
Publisher
Columbia University Press
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Pages
456
Dimensions
7.4 X 1.4 X 10.1 inches | 2.2 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780231180641
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About the Author
Donald R. Prothero is a Research Associate in Vertebrate Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He has taught college geology and paleontology for 40 years at institutions such as Columbia University, Vassar College, Knox College, and Pierce College, and currently at Cal Poly Pomona. For 27 years, he was Professor of Geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He earned his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in geological sciences from Columbia University. He is the author of over 300 scientific papers published in leading journals and over 30 titles in geology, paleontology and evolutionary biology.
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If you're one of these people who likes to read Dawkins, Gould, and Darwin, I would highly recommend this book. If you doubted that evolution was true before, and then you looked at this book, I don't see how you could possibly continue to question it.--Jerry Coyne, author of Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
This is a wonderful book that beautifully explains in layperson's terms the vast evidence for evolution in the paleontological record. Its publication comes at a critical time. By concentrating the diverse scientific literature into numerous lucid examples, Donald R. Prothero does the fields of geology, biology, and science education a major service. He provides a unique source that will be invaluable to college professors and high school teachers alike, and because his book provides abundant, clearly described examples of evolution in the fossil record, and also synthesizes important information about the Bible, it will make a valuable addition to any scientist's library.--Bruce Lieberman, University of Kansas
Donald R. Prothero not only is one of the leading evolutionary scientists of our time, he also writes with clarity, and his prose sparkles. Prothero's book is more thorough and comprehensive than any other book for the general public on the evolution versus creationism controversy.--Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, and author of Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design
If you are interested in evolution, get this book. And make sure that your library gets it. And your children's high school library.--3 Quarks Daily
This second edition will be welcome in the libraries of scholars, teachers, and general readers who stand up for sound science in the post-truth era.--Birdbooker Report