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Richard Fortey - Life - 9780006384205 - KKD0001336
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Life

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Description for Life Paperback. A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain's most dazzling science writers. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.

A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain’s most dazzling science writers.

What do any of us know about the history of our planet before the arrival of man? Most of us have a dim impression of a swirling mass of dust solidifying to form a volcanic globe, briefly populated by dinosaurs, then by woolly mammoths and finally by our own hairy ancestors. This book, aimed at the curious and intelligent but perhaps ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006384205
SKU
KKD0001336
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Richard Fortey
Richard Fortey spent his working life in palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, specialising in trilobites and becoming a world expert. He was elected President of the Geological Society of London for its bicentennial year of 2007 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. He has received the Frink Medal, the Michael ... Read more

Reviews for Life
‘This is not a book for people who like science books. It is a book for people who love books, and life… [Fortey] has written a wonderful book.’ Tim Radford, Guardian ‘Read this book because it is, indeed, the best natural history of the first four billion years ... Read more

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