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Survivors
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 000720986X ISBN13: 9780007209866
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPress
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2011
An awe-inspiring journey through the eons of time and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in living creatures which have survived from earliest times and whose stories speak to us of seminal events in the history of life. More

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ISBN: 9780007209897 - Dry Store Room No. 1

Dry Store Room No. 1
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 0007209894 ISBN13: 9780007209897
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPerennial
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2008
'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. 'Dry Store Room No. More

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The Earth
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 0006551378 ISBN13: 9780006551379
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPerennial
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Mar 2005
The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world -- permanently. The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became... More

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ISBN: 9781847920713 - The Hidden Landscape

The Hidden Landscape
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 1847920713 ISBN13: 9781847920713
Publisher: Vintage The Bodley Head Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Feb 2010
Guides readers throughout the British Isles. This work states that Britain was once divided into two parts separated by an ocean, that Scottish malt whisky, Harris tweed, slate roofs and thatched cottages can be traced back to tumultuous events... More

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Trilobite
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 0006551386 ISBN13: 9780006551386
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Flamingo
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Mar 2001
'In Richard Fortey's capable hands the humble grey trilobite has been transformed into the E.T. of the Lower Palaeozoic -- a remarkable and fascinating book.' SIMON WINCHESTER 'In Richard Fortey's capable hands the humble grey trilobite has been... More

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Life
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 000638420X ISBN13: 9780006384205
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Flamingo
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Apr 1998
A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain's most dazzling science writers. A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand... More

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Fossils
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 0565092332 ISBN13: 9780565092337
Publisher: The Natural History Museum
Edition: Revised edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2009
This is a clear and authoritative introduction to fossils, their study and their use in reconstructing the history of life on Earth. This is a clear and authoritative introduction to fossils, their study and their use in reconstructing the history... More

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Survivors
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 0007209878 ISBN13: 9780007209873
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPress
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Sep 2012
An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times. An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe... More

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The Earth
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 0002570114 ISBN13: 9780002570114
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2004
This text conveys and explains the many textures of the world. Fortey describes why the Yellow River is yellow and why diamonds are concentrated in so few places. 'A dazzling achievement. Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers. More

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ISBN: 9780007209880 - Dry Store Room No. 1

Dry Store Room No. 1
Richard Fortey

ISBN10: 0007209886 ISBN13: 9780007209880
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPress
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Jan 2008
Behind the public facade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives.Through the stories of the numerous eccentric individuals whose long careers have left their mark... More

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