Jerry Bergman

Broschiertes Buch

Fossil Forensics

Separating Fact from Fantasy in Paleontology

Beschreibung

There is a difference between fact and speculation. Unfortunately, scientists and science media often fail to make the distinction everywhere they should. This is especially true within paleontology. Paleontologists often develop theories which, while interesting or even exciting, lack supporting evidence, or are even flat out contradicted by available evidence. Fossil Forensics: Separating Fact from Fantasy in Paleontology brings you face to face with fossils of all kinds and from every layer of the fossil record. Photographs, diagrams, illustrations, and in-depth descriptions help you get acquainted with not only the fossils but also the organisms behind them and how they affect our understanding of natural history. In Fossil Forensics, biology professor Dr. Jerry Bergman examines many claims that have been made about fossil discoveries to determine what the rock record does and does not show about organisms, their ancestry, and their evolution. In this book, Dr. Bergman examines claims about general features of fossils such as teeth and feathers as well as claims about the origins and lineages of groups of all kinds, including whales, bats, birds, and insects.

Autor

Jerry Bergman is a multi-award-winning teacher and author. He has taught biology, biochemistry, anatomy and genetics, psychology, and other courses for over forty years at the University of Toledo Medical College, Bowling Green State University, and other colleges. His nine degrees include a doctorate from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The 1,026 college credit hours he has earned is the equivalent to almost twenty master's degrees. His over 1,800 publications in both scholarly and popular science journals have been translated into thirteen languages including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Polish, Czech, Chinese, Arabic and Swedish. His books, and books that include chapters that he authored, are in over 2,400 college libraries in sixty-five countries. So far over 80,000 copies of the sixty books and monographs that he has authored or coauthored are in print. Bergman has spoken over 2,000 times to college, university, and church groups in America, Canada, Europe, the south Sea Islands, and Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bartlett Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 519g
• ISBN-13: 9781944918101
• ISBN-10: 1944918108
• Artikelnr.: 48579295