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Description edit
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book."-- The New York Times Book Review "A marvelous museum of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with treasures, full of learning and... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Setting & Locations edit
- Australia
- South Africa
- Spitsbergen
- London
- China
- Pangaea
- South America
- Europe
- England
- North America
- Greenland
- France
- Thailand
- Fantasia
- India
- Earth
- Newfoundland
- Norway
- Gubbio
- South Wales
- Natural History Museum
- Siberia
- Himalaya
- Salterella
- Ethiopia
- Texas
- United States
- Riversleigh
- Canada
- Antarctica
- California
- Hallucigenia
- Tanzania
- Scotland
- Hawaii
- Hades
- Russia
- Gondwana
- Germany
- Panama
- New York
- Hinlopenstretet
- Pacific Ocean
- Spriggina
- Britain
First Sentence edit
SALTERELLA DODGED BETWEEN THE ICEBERGS.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Folio Society. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Fortey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0375401199
Page Count: 346
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0375401199
Page Count: 346
Awards edit
- Rhône-Poulenc Prize (Finalist, 1998)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: QH0366.2 .F69 1998
- Dewey: 576.8
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Biological Sciences › Biology
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Paleontology
- Books › Science › History & Philosophy › History of Science
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Evolution
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Biology
- Books › Science › Evolution
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