Boeken Paleontoloog

Mesozoic Art

Showcases the work of twenty leading paleoartists who expertly bring these extinct animals to life in exquisite detail. Dinosaurs are endlessly fascinating to people of every age, from the youngest child who enjoys learning the tongue-twisting names to adults who grew up with Jurassic Park and Walking with Dinosaurs. As our knowledge of the prehistoric …

Locked in Time

From dinosaurs fighting to their deaths to elephant-sized burrowing ground sloths, this book takes readers on a global journey deep into the earth’s past. Locked in Time showcases fifty of the most astonishing fossils ever found, brought together in five chapters that offer an unprecedented glimpse at the behavior of prehistoric animals.

Paleontology

An illustrated look at the art and science of paleontology from its origins to today Humans have been stumbling upon the petrified remains of ancient animals since prehistoric times, leading to tales of giant dogs, deadly dragons, tree gods, sea serpents, and all manner of strange and marvelous creatures. In this richly illustrated book, David …

The Forgotten Exodus The Into Africa Theory of Human Evolution

De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse kust

Weinig mensen realiseren zich dat een opgeraapte schelp van het strand zomaar duizenden jaren oud kan zijn. Op de Nederlandse stranden en uit de estuaria zijn zo'n 700 soorten fossiele schelpen bekend. Deze uitgave brengt de fossielenrijkdom en schelpenfauna van de Nederlandse kust compleet in beeld: 350 soorten fossiele tweekleppigen, keverslakken en stoottanden. Hoe zien …

Hoe we mensen werden

Een compleet nieuw perspectief op het ontstaan van de mensheid De bakermat van de mensheid ligt in Afrika – dat werd lang beschouwd als onbetwistbare kennis. Maar de laatste jaren zijn er steeds meer botten opgedoken die qua tijd en vindplaats niet meer in dat beeld passen. Onderzoekers in Europa ontdekten talloze fossielen van vroege …

Europe

'Vivid, thrilling, a delight ... Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist and ecologist of global standing, and this is a compelling and authoritative narrative of the evolution of Europe's flora and fauna, from the formation of the continent to its near future ... an exciting book, full of wonder' James McConnachie, Sunday Times A place of …

Otherlands

“Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earth—from the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago.”—The Economist LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “One of those rare books that’s both deeply informative and daringly imaginative.”—Elizabeth …

Quantum Mechanics for Beginners

Enjoy 55% Bookstore Discount Is it Really Possible to make Laws of Attraction Work for you?

Princeton Field Guides122-The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs

The most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million years Once seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders, pterosaurs were vigorous winged reptiles capable of thriving in an array of habitats and climates, including polar winters. The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs transforms …