Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians
Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians

Author: Richard Moody

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9781862393110

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The discovery of dinosaurs and other large extinct saurians - a term under which the Victorians commonly lumped ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and their kin - makes exciting reading and has caught the attention of palaeontologists, historians of science and the general public alike. The papers in this collection go beyond the familiar tales about famous fossil hunters and focus on relatively little-known episodes in the discovery and interpretation (from both a scientific and an artistic point of view) of dinosaurs and other inhabitants of the Mesozoic world. They cover a long time span, from the beginnings of modern scientific palaeontology in the 1700s to the present, and deal with many parts of the world, from the Yorkshire coast to Central India, from Bavaria to the Sahara. The characters in these stories include professional palaeontologists and geologists (some of them well-known, others quite obscure), explorers, amateur fossil collectors, and artists, linked together by their interest in Mesozoic creatures.

Proof of God
Proof of God

Author: Ptolemy Tompkins

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1501161547

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"Proof of God is the unlikely story of how a serious scientist and a broken writer, in a series of conversations stretching over several months, come to understand that the universe--from the smallest sub-atomic particles that make up everything in existence to the farthest reaches of the universe--bears evidence of a creator. In short, God not only exists, but science gives us tools to know this."--

The Unknown Craftsman
The Unknown Craftsman

Author: Muneyoshi Yanagi

Publisher: Kodansha International

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780870119484

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Mr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear. The implications of the author's ideas are both far-reaching and practical.

What Is Feng-Shui?
What Is Feng-Shui?

Author: Ernest John Eitel

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780486431895

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Promising peace and prosperity, feng-shui is intended to enhance the attractiveness of homes, workplaces, restaurants, and other buildings and to improve the well-being of their inhabitants. The original and definitive guide, this book will prove valuable to architects and interior designers, planners and decorators, and anyone seeking the best arrangement of living and working quarters.