{"title":"Richard Fortey","description":"RICHARD FORTEY is a senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London. Life was short-listed for the Rh(TM)ne-Poulenc Prize in 1998, Trilobite! was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2001, and The Hidden Landscape was awarded the Natural World Book of the Year in 1993. He was awarded the Lewis Thomas Prize for science writing by Rockefeller University in 2004. He was Collier Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Bristol in 2002 and is now a Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in London.","products":[{"product_id":"earth-an-intimate-history-paperback","title":"Earth: An Intimate History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eTrilobite! \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Life \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a grand tour of the earth's physical past, showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us. - \"Absorbing.... Cinematic.... The ultimate travel book, a guidebook that should be read by every person who wants to really know and understand the place we live on.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with Mt. Vesuvius, whose eruption in Roman times helped spark the science of geology, and ending in a lab in the West of England where mathematical models and lab experiments replace direct observation, Richard Fortey tells us what the present says about ancient geologic processes. He shows how plate tectonics came to rule the geophysical landscape and how the evidence is written in the hills and in the stones. And in the process, he takes us on a wonderful journey around the globe to visit some of the most fascinating and intriguing spots on the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \"Life and \"Trilobite!, a fascinating geological exploration of the earth's distant history as revealed by its natural wonders. \u003cbr\u003eThe face of the earth, crisscrossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed and changed again over billions of years, and the testament of the remote past is all around us. In this book Richard Fortey teaches us how to read its character, laying out the dominions of the world before us. He shows how human culture and natural history-even the shape of cities-are rooted in this deep geological past. \u003cbr\u003eIn search of this past, Fortey takes us through the Alps, into Icelandic hot springs, down to the ocean floor, over the barren rocks of Newfoundland, into the lush ecosystems of Hawai'i, across the salt flats of Oman, and along the San Andreas Fault. On the slopes of Vesuvius, he tracks the history of the region down through the centuries?to volcanic eruptions seen by fifteenth-century Italians, the Romans, and, from striking geological evidence, even Neolithic man. As story adds to story, the recent past connects with forgotten ages long ago, then much longer ago, as he describes the movement of plates and the development of ancient continents and seas. Nothing in this book is at rest. The surface of the earth dilates and collapses; seas and mountains rise and fall; continents move. \u003cbr\u003eFortey again proves himself the ideal guide, with his superb descriptions of natural beauty, his gripping narratives, and his crystal-clear, always fascinating scientific explanations.\u003cbr\u003eHere is a book to change the way we see the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368292450527,"sku":"9780375706202","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8kg9FvNozQ9780375706202.webp?v=1789125203"},{"product_id":"trilobite-eyewitness-to-evolution-paperback","title":"Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cb\u003eTrilobite\u003c\/b\u003e, Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLife, \u003c\/i\u003e offers a marvelously written, smart and compelling, accessible and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrilobites were shelled animals that lived in the oceans over five hundred million years ago. As bewilderingly diverse then as the beetle is today, they survived in the arctic or the tropics, were spiky or smooth, were large as lobsters or small as fleas. And because they flourished for three hundred million years, they can be used to glimpse a less evolved world of ancient continents and vanished oceans. Erudite and entertaining, this book is a uniquely exuberant homage to a fabulously singular species.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Trilobite, Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed \"Life, offers a marvelously written, smart and compelling, accessible and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures. \u003cbr\u003eTrilobites were shelled animals that lived in the oceans over five hundred million years ago. As bewilderingly diverse then as the beetle is today, they survived in the arctic or the tropics, were spiky or smooth, were large as lobsters or small as fleas. And because they flourished for three hundred million years, they can be used to glimpse a less evolved world of ancient continents and vanished oceans. Erudite and entertaining, this book is a uniquely exuberant homage to a fabulously singular species.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376913383647,"sku":"9780375706219","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/If_yh6WqOC9780375706219.webp?v=1789228940"},{"product_id":"life-a-natural-history-of-the-first-four-billion-years-of-life-on-earth-paperback","title":"Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A marvelous museum of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with treasures, full of learning and wide-eyed wonder.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom its origins on the still-forming planet to the recent emergence of Homo sapiens--one of the world's leading paleontologists offers an absorbing account of how and why life on earth developed as it did. Interlacing the tale of his own adventures in the field with vivid descriptions of creatures who emerged and disappeared in the long march of geologic time, Richard Fortey sheds light upon a fascinating array of evolutionary wonders, mysteries, and debates. Brimming with wit, literary style, and the joy of discovery, this is an indispensable book that will delight the general reader and the scientist alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A drama bolder and more sweeping than Gone with the Wind . . . a pleasure to read.\"--\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautifully written and structured work . . . packed with lucid expositions of science.\"--\u003ci\u003eNatural History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \"New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice \u003cbr\u003e\"Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book.\"--\"The New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\"A marvelous museum of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with treasures, full of learning and wide-eyed wonder.\"--\"The Boston Globe \u003cbr\u003eFrom its origins on the still-forming planet to the recent emergence of Homo sapiens--one of the world's leading paleontologists offers an absorbing account of how and why life on earth developed as it did. Interlacing the tale of his own adventures in the field with vivid descriptions of creatures who emerged and disappeared in the long march of geologic time, Richard Fortey sheds light upon a fascinating array of evolutionary wonders, mysteries, and debates. 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Evolution, it seems, has not completely obliterated its tracks as more advanced organisms have evolved; the history of life on earth is far older--and odder--than many of us realize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Scattered across the globe, these remarkable plants and animals continue to mark seminal events in geological time. From a moonlit beach in Delaware, where the hardy horseshoe crab shuffles its way to a frenzy of mass mating just as it did 450 million years ago, to the dense rainforests of New Zealand, where the elusive, unprepossessing velvet worm has burrowed deep into rotting timber since before the breakup of the ancient supercontinent, to a stretch of Australian coastline with stromatolite formations that bear witness to the Precambrian dawn, the existence of these survivors offers us a tantalizing glimpse of pivotal points in evolutionary history. These are not \"living fossils\" but rather a handful of tenacious creatures of days long gone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in buoyant, sparkling prose, \u003ci\u003eHorseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelously captivating exploration of the world's old-timers combining the very best of science writing with an explorer's sense of adventure and wonder.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379079676127,"sku":"9780307275530","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AtIBtMecJ49780307275530.webp?v=1789268510"},{"product_id":"fossils-the-key-to-the-past-paperback","title":"Fossils: The Key to the Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers.\"--Bill Bryson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his accessible introduction to the study and meaning of fossils, the world-renowned paleontologist Richard Fortey provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of fossils and their use in reconstructing the history of life on Earth. 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