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- catalog abstract ""An absorbing history of changing views of what fossils are and how they contribute to an understanding of the history of the earth. Rudwick makes ample use of primary sources ranging in time from the first book with illustrations of fossils (1565) to O.C. Marsh's study of horse evolution in the 1870s. He documents the first attempts to collect groups of fossils, determine whether they were the remains of organisms, relate the fossils to their surrounding rock strata, and integrate fossil evidence into the concept of evolution"--Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b330404.
- catalog created "1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1985.".
- catalog description ""An absorbing history of changing views of what fossils are and how they contribute to an understanding of the history of the earth. Rudwick makes ample use of primary sources ranging in time from the first book with illustrations of fossils (1565) to O.C. Marsh's study of horse evolution in the 1870s. He documents the first attempts to collect groups of fossils, determine whether they were the remains of organisms, relate the fossils to their surrounding rock strata, and integrate fossil evidence into the concept of evolution"--Back cover.".
- catalog description "I. Fossil objects -- II. Natural antiquities -- III. Life's revolutions -- IV. Uniformity and progress -- V. Life's ancestry.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "287 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226731030 (pbk.) :".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog subject "Paleontology History.".
- catalog subject "QE705.A1 R8 1985".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Fossil objects -- II. Natural antiquities -- III. Life's revolutions -- IV. Uniformity and progress -- V. Life's ancestry.".
- catalog title "The meaning of fossils : episodes in the history of palaeontology / Martin J.S. Rudwick.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".