Artist and the Scientists - Bringing Prehistory to Life

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Vickers-Rich is Professor, Chair of Palaeontology, and Founding Director at Monash Science Centre, Monash University. Klappentext Through science, art and personal recollection, this book recounts the evolution of prehistoric life. Zusammenfassung The Artist and the Scientists: Bringing Prehistory to Life presents the lives and works of paleontologists Patricia Vickers-Rich and Tom Rich! and reconstruction artist Peter Trusler. It gives readers a unique insight into the process of preserving and recording the evolution of prehistoric life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Acknowledgements; Geologic time; Introduction; 1. A new paint box; 2. The dragon chasers; 3. The beginning: Bacchus Marsh Diprotodon; 4. The art of the fossil book; 5. Dinosaurs from China; 6. Wildlife of Gondwana; 7. The dinosaurs of darkness; 8. A Moa mummy: a classic dissection; 9. Magnificent Mihirungs; 10. Where the wind bites: Patagonia; 11. The rise of animals: back to the Precambrian; 12. Chinese and Australian Mesozoic mammals; 13. The last of the mob; 14. The art of humour and enchantment; Conclusions; Glossary; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas H. Rich, Peter Trusler, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Patricia Rich Vickers-Rich
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521162999
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16299-9
• No. of pages: 322
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology