Ebook: George Gaylord Simpson : Paleontologist and Evolutionist
Author: Léo F. Laporte
- Tags: Simpson George Gaylord -- 1902-1984, Simpson George Gaylord -- (1902-1984), Simpson George Gaylord, Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology, NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, NATURE -- Fossils, SCIENCE -- Paleontology, Paleontologists, United States, Paleontologie, Evolutietheorie, Paläontologie, Paléontologues -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Year: 2000
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: New York
- Language: English
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In 1978 the distinguished paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson published his autobiography, Concession to the Improbable, which gave the basic facts of his life but left more questions than it answered. Now Léo F. Laporte presents this absorbing intellectual study of Simpson's major areas of work. Focusing on Simpson's scientific contributions, Laporte provides chapters on Simpson's earliest paleontological Read more...