Discovering the Mammoth

A Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science

John J. McKay (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2017
Pegasus Books (Verlag)
978-1-68177-424-4 (ISBN)

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Discovering the Mammoth

John J. McKay

2018

Buch | Softcover

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The fascinating saga of solving the mystery of this ancient animal who has captivated our collective imagination.

John J. McKay brings together dozens of original documents and illustrations to show how an odd assortment of characters solved the mystery of the mammoth and, in doing so, created the science of palaeontology.

John J. McKay has a Master’s in History from the University of Washington. A technical writer by trade, he is the "Mammoth Guy" by vocation, and his remarkable archival research, lively wit and passion for extinct proboscideans is well known to the scientific community. He lives in Anchorage, Alaska, where people appreciate a good mammoth. Visit him at mammothtales.blogspot.com.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Zusatzinfo	8 pages of color illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 236 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	1-68177-424-0 / 1681774240
ISBN-13	978-1-68177-424-4 / 9781681774244
Zustand	Neuware