Walking Trilobite © 2000 by S. M. Gon III

BOOKS   James R. Beerbower Search for the Past: An Introduction to Paleontology Prentice-Hall 1968 2nd Edition Mark J. Camp and Graham T. Richardson Roadside Geology of Indiana Mountain Press Publishing Company 2003 A guide to tour Indiana's timeworn topography and discover fossilized reefs, mastodon skeletons, geodes, buried bedrock valleys and the site of a meteorite impact. Clos, Lynn M. Fossils & Earth's History 1998 This is a really nice free PDF book about fossils that the author, Lynn M. Clos, has provided for downloading! Cobb, James C. Trilobites Kentucky Geological Survey 2000 This is a great free book in PDF all about trilobites from the Kentucky Geological Survey. James O. Farlow The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 A presentation by forty-six experts on dinosaurs from the earliest discoveries through the contemporary controversies over their extinction. Over 350 illustrations and 16 pages in color. Giblin, James Cross The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones: And How It Was Solved Harper Collins Publishers 1999 In 1801, giant bones were found on a farm in New York, and no one knew what they were. Dinosaurs were unknown. Yet when Charles Willson Peale, founder of the first American Natural History Museum, dug through muck, cave-ins, and floods, he discovered the skeleton of a creature . . . From Publishers Weekly (January 25, 1999): With the pacing of an ace detective, Giblin (Charles Lindbergh) unveils the painstaking steps in artist and naturalist Charles Willson Peale's 1801 discovery of mammoth bones. Through a third-person narration of Peale's experience, Giblin establishes these fossils' revolutionary importance to science, technology and social history, beginning with Peale's exploratory digs. Indiana Before the Age of Dinosaurs Indiana Historical Bureau 1991 What was Indiana like millions of years ago? The fossils at the Falls of the Ohio are a good record. Repcheck, Jack The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity Perseus 2003 The subject of this expertly crafted narrative is James Hutton, the gentleman farmer from Edinburgh who discovered that the earth is millions of years old, not six thousand, and paved the way for Darwin's theory of evolution. 8-page insert. From Publishers Weekly (April 7, 2003): In this engaging account of scientific discovery, Repcheck (an acquiring editor at Norton) aims to elevate the little-known Scottish geologist James Hutton (1726-1797) into the lofty company of Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin, as one who wrested modern science from the "straight jacket of religious orthodoxy." Seltzer, Richard Before The Dinosaurs: Indiana's Fossil Mysteries Guild Press of Indiana 1996 Includes material on the history of fossil seeking, geological charts, and how-to information. Many illustrations and drawings are shown along with knowledgeable text. Trueit, Trudi Strain Fossils Franklin Watts 2003 Perfectly suited for today's science curriculum, this series explores aspects of the wonders of earth science. Each book fully explains complex concepts such as erosion, the water cycle, and evaporation. Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Yesterday's World, Chapter 2 Fossil Birth, Chapter 3 Digging Into the Past, Chapter 4 Fascinating Fossils, Chapter 5 The Search For Dinosaurs and Mammals, Chapter 6 Treasure Hunters. Ward, Peter Douglas In Search of Nautilus : Three Centuries of Scientific Adventures in the Deep Pacific to Capture a Prehistoric, Living Fossil Simon and Schuster 1988 From Publishers Weekly (July 1, 1988): Nautilus was known in antiquity (Aristotlemay have been the first to describe it), and its shell was a curio for centuries. Scientific inquiry began in the mid-1600s, but specimens for study were scarce and poorly preserved and the secrets of its buoyancy mechanism and embryonic development continued to mystify researchers. List of Paleontology Books Recommended by Backyard Nature The descriptions of the books on this page came from the Allen County Public Library , Fort Wayne Indiana and the Indiana State Library/Indiana Historical Bureau. They are linked either to Amazon.com or to the Indiana Historical Bureau for purchase.