Rereading the Fossil Record: The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline - Softcover

Sepkoski, David

 
9780226272948: Rereading the Fossil Record: The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline
Softcover
ISBN 10: 022627294X ISBN 13: 9780226272948
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Rereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, David Sepkoski shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a small but influential group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. By tracing the role of computer technology, large databases, and quantitative analytical methods in the emergence of paleobiology, this book also offers insight into the growing prominence and centrality of data-driven approaches in recent science.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Sepkoski is a senior research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. He is coeditor, with Michael Ruse, ofThe Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Verlag
University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
022627294X
ISBN 13 
9780226272948
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440
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