"It is not often that a work can literally rewrite a person's view of a subject. And this is exactly what Rudwick's book should do for many paleontologists' view of the history of their own field."--Stephen J. Gould, Paleobotany and Palynology "Rudwick has not merely written the first book-length history of palaeontology in the English language; he has written a very intelligent one. . . . His accounts of sources are rounded and organic: he treats the structure of arguments as Cuvier handled fossil bones."--Roy S. Porter ...
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"It is not often that a work can literally rewrite a person's view of a subject. And this is exactly what Rudwick's book should do for many paleontologists' view of the history of their own field."--Stephen J. Gould, Paleobotany and Palynology "Rudwick has not merely written the first book-length history of palaeontology in the English language; he has written a very intelligent one. . . . His accounts of sources are rounded and organic: he treats the structure of arguments as Cuvier handled fossil bones."--Roy S. Porter, History of Science
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Good Condition. Text appears to have markings. Cover has wear and corner bumps. The spine is in good condition with some wear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; ISBN: 0226731030. ISBN/EAN: 9780226731032. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561036683.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Second edition, 1976, hardcover with beige cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 287pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of soil to rear board, binding tight, text clean and unmarked with faint foxing to top edge of text block. DJ VG+ with mild toning to spine, edgewear that includes a few small tears.
