Trilobite

Eyewitness to Evolution

Richard Fortey

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Random House Inc
13 November 2001

Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Rocks, minerals & fossils

With 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.

Trilobites 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.

By: Richard Fortey
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780375706219
ISBN 10: 0375706216
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 13 November 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution

?[W]onderful reading about a charming group of gone-but-not-forgotten creatures. Natural History ?[F]ortey gives a passionate and often lyrical account of his life with trilobites. Nature ?Fortey is...a gifted writer who shares his knowledge with grace and verve... . Trilobite is about seeing and the search for truth. The New York Times Book Review