Biographical Memoirs
Biographical Memoirs

Author: Office of the Home Secretary

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1975-02-01

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0309022401

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Biographic Memoirs Volume 46 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.

Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals
Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals

Author: Christine M. Janis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-05-28

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 9780521355193

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This book is designed as a source and reference for people interested in the history and fossil record of North American tertiary mammals. Each chapter covers a different family or order, and includes information on anatomical features, systematics, the distribution of the genera and species at different fossil localities, and a discussion of their paleobiology. Many of these groups have never been covered in this fashion before.

Patrons of Paleontology
Patrons of Paleontology

Author: Jane P. Davidson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2017-08-21

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 0253033586

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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In Patrons of Paleontology, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascinating creatures that were being unearthed. These early decades of government support shaped the way the discipline grew, creating practices and enabling discoveries that continue to affect paleontology today.

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

The Eclipse of Darwinism
The Eclipse of Darwinism

Author: Peter J. Bowler

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780801829321

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In this pioneering study of the first major challenges to Darwinism, Peter J. Bowler examines the competing theories of evolution, identifies their intellectual origins, and describes the process by which the modern concept of evolution emerged. Describing the variety of influences that drove scientists to challenge Darwin's conclusions, Bowler reevaluates the influence of social forces on the scientific community and explores the broad philosophical, ideological, and social implications of scientific theories.