Architects of Eternity : The New Science of Fossils by Corfield, Richard

Architects of Eternity The New Science of Fossils
Author: Richard M. Corfield
ISBN-13: 9780747271802
ISBN-10: 0747271801
Publisher: Headline
Paperback
6 x 9.2 inches, 338 pages

Richard Corfield (born 22 January 1962) is a scientist, science writer, and broadcaster, based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Richard attended a boys' grammar school, William Ellis School, for the first six years of his life.

He received his BS in Zoology in 1983 from Bristol University and his PhD in biogeochemistry in 1987 from Cambridge University where he worked with Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton FRS on the greenhouse effect during the Paleocene Epoch.

He is the managing director of the Science and Media consultancy Hanborough Consultants. He has written three books: Architects of Eternity: The New Science of Fossils,The Silent Landscape: In the Wake of HMS Challenger, and Lives of the Planets; A Natural History of the Solar System.

As well as contributing to magazines, on-line publications and newspapers such as… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

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London, Headline, 2001.. Soft cover. Very Good. Royal octavo, softcover, VG in black pictorial wraps. 338pp. Index. The fossil record is our only tangible link to deep time which precede the advent of humankind.

London: Headline. Full number line on the copyright page. Previous owner's name inside the front cover. R . Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing.. 2001.

Headline, 2001. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good+. . Paperback. Physically Trade Paperback (9¼” x 6”) (0.7 kg); 338pp; Index; Bibliography; First in this, paperback, edition. ISBN: 0747271801 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #173932|| Condition:

London, Headline, 2001. Softcover. Good. paperback, illustrations in colour and b/w.

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UK: Headline Publishing Ltd, 2001. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Richard Corfield's authoritative but accessible account takes us on an incredible journey, from the beginnings of palaeontology to the cutting edge of research today. The text is accompanied by photographs. The cover has light readers wear to the corners, the text block and binding are clean and tight. Book price includes 2nd class postage UK only.