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  • The History of Life

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on the origin of life and the origin of sex. In this Very Short Introduction Michael J. Benton covers all the main ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • When Life Nearly Died

    The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    “The focus is the most severe mass extinction known in earth’s history. The science on which the book is based is up-to-date, thorough, and balanced. Highly recommended.” —ChoiceToday it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. It is far less widely understood that a much greater catastrophe took ... Read more

    $28.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Young Readers Responding to Poems

    by Michael Benton, John Teasey, Ray Bell, Keith Hurst ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1988, Young Readers Responding to Poems adopts a teacher-researcher approach to the processes of responding to poems. It shows experienced teachers exploring how their students, aged fourteen and above, read and respond to poetry, sets their innovative practices against the background of traditional theory in poetry teaching, and theorises these practices so as to generate new ... Read more

    $59.08 CAD

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  • The History of Life

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. This Very Short Introduction presents a succinct guide to the key episodes in that story - from the very origins of life four million years ago to the extraordinary diversity of species around the globe today. Beginning with an explanation of the controversies surrounding the birth of life itself, each following chapter ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dinosaurs Rediscovered

    The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    Series series The Rediscovered Series
    In this fascinating and accessible overview, renowned paleontologist Michael J. Benton reveals how our understanding of dinosaurs is being transformed by recent fossil finds and new technology.Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific discipline. New technologies have revealed secrets locked in prehistoric bones that no one could have previously ... Read more

    $17.49 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record

    by Michael J. Benton, David A. T. Harper ...
    This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record and the book introduces the latest techniques, from multivariate investigations of biogeography and biostratigraphy to engineering analysis of dinosaur skulls, and from homeobox genes to cladistics.All the well-known fossil groups ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • Extinctions

    How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    A journey through the great mass extinction events that have shaped our Earth.This timely and original book lays out the latest scientific understanding of mass extinction on our planet. Cutting-edge techniques across biology, chemistry, physics, and geology have transformed our understanding of the deep past, including the discovery of a previously unknown mass extinction. This compelling ... Read more

    $32.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Vertebrate Palaeontology

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    All-new edition of the world’s leading vertebrate palaeontology textbook, now addressing key evolutionary transitions and ecological drivers for vertebrate evolutionRichly illustrated with colour illustrations of the key species and cladograms of all major vertebrate taxa, Vertebrate Palaeontology provides a complete account of the evolution of vertebrates, including macroevolutionary trends and ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

    The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    "Michael Benton's splendid book brings back to Earth Science a sense of adventure. . . . It is both a wonderfully good read and a valued reference." —James Lovelock, author of Gaia and Homage to GaiaToday it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well-known is a much greater catastrophe ... Read more

    $28.39 CAD

  • Cowen's History of Life

    Edited by Michael J. Benton ...
    A newly revised and fully updated edition of the market-leading introduction to paleontologyDesigned for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet, the new edition of this classic text describes the biological evolution of Earth’s organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations and the ecology and environments in which they functioned.Cowen's History of Life, 6th ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD

  • Studies in the Spectator Role

    Literature, Painting and Pedagogy

    by Michael Benton ...
    Michael Benton's book develops the concept of spectatorship as an answer to these questions. It explores the similarities and differences in our experiences of literature and the visual arts, and discusses their implications for pedagogy and their applications in cross-curricular work in the classroom. Teachers will find that, while many of the visual and verbal texts may be familiar, the ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • Towards a Poetics of Literary Biography

    by Michael Benton ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Drawing upon a wide range of biographies of literary subjects, from Shakespeare and Wordsworth to William Golding and V.S. Naipaul, this book develops a poetics of literary biography based on the triangular relationships of lives, works and times and how narrative operates in holding them together. Biography is seen as a hybrid genre in which historical and fictional elements are imaginatively ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD