Edited and with an introduction and commentaries by HG

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"If the scientific arena is analogous to the sports field,

then Gee provides the expert commentary. He has all the necessary attributes,

an encyclopaedic knowledge of the players, their history in earlier encounters,

the rules of the game and most importantly an obvious enthusiasm for the subject matter...

All in all, this book is a highly accessible, engaging and illuminating

collection of works, a real "page-turner". It is a must for the

bookshelves of everyone with more than a passing interest in palaeobiology"

-- Australian Geologist (read full review here)

 

"There is a popular perception that the historical sciences are a

compendium of accumulated facts, rather than an open-ended and multifaceted way of

pursuing knowledge of the historical development of our physical and

biological environment. This volume clearly dispels that view, and presents

science as a process, not a product. Controversy, disagreement, changing hypotheses,

and unanswered questions are the core of the scientific endeavor.

These should be embraced as Gee so enthusiastically does.

This is what makes science exciting and what will captivate future generations of students."

-- Journal of Geoscience Education.

 

"Readers with a serious background in biology ...

will find in this collection sustained pleasure and interest"

-- Publishers Weekly

 

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