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Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Total Pages: 248

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William Diller Matthew, Paleontologist
William Diller Matthew, Paleontologist

Author: Edwin Harris Colbert

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780231079648

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This is the only biography of William Diller Matthew (1871-1930), a paleontologist's paleontologist, and a man who occupies a major position in the history of North American paleontology. Using personal letters, archives, and accounts from those who knew Matthew, Edwin Colbert paints a compelling portrait of the scientist's work, presenting a delightful look at Matthew's family and life in New York at the turn of the century, complete with photographs of his excavations and world travels, relatives, and environs.

George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson

Author: Léo F. Laporte

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0231120656

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Focusing on Simpson's scientific contributions, Laporte provides chapters on Simpson's earliest paleontological research through his distinguished Alexander Agassiz professorship at Harvard and his extensive fieldwork for the American Museum of Natural History, where he developed the core themes set forth in his most prestigious work, "Tempo and Mode in Evolution"

The Fight to Save the Redwoods
The Fight to Save the Redwoods

Author: Susan R. Schrepfer

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2003-04-01

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0299088537

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"This is not a simple or ordinary history of a conservation crusade. Schrepfer very ably traces the changes in scientific wisdom from nineteenth-century romanticism and teleological evolutionism to more current ecological dynamism—and the influence of those intellectual developments on political history. . . . The subject is important—much broader than the title suggests—and so is the book."—American Historical Review