商品簡介
In what he calls an armchair museum gallery, Trewin (geology and petroleum geology, U. of Aberdeen and National Museums of Scotland) presents photographs and and discussions of 104 selected fossils found in Scotland. Some are famous with world-wide scientific significance, he says, while others are particularly beautiful, show exceptional preservation of the organism, are common but typical and can be found by amateur collectors, or tickle his fancy. The arrangement is by type of organism, ranging from bacteria and algae through plants, corals, worms, mollusks, echinoderms, arthropods, fish, amphibians, and reptiles to mammals. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Nigel Trewin has over 50 years' experience of fossils from childhood collecting to teaching and research at Aberdeen University and National Museums, Scotland. He has published scientific papers on the ancient plants and animals of the Rhynie chert of Aberdeenshire, and the fossil fish of Angus and Caithness.
