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1	Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist A guided tour through the origins of life. Fortey begins when Earth was a barren globe, without an atmosphere, spinning through space. He examines the very earliest signs of life on the rims of volcanoes, the first appearance of cells, the evolution of plants, dinosaurs, and animals, moving onward until the moment just before the debut of Homo ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist A senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of London writes warmly about his pet subject--a 500 million year old arthropod called the Trilobite. This former sea-dwelling crustacean-like creature survived 300 million years of climate change and continental drift, but now its closest living relative is the horseshoe crab. Fortey writes ... see all copies from $3.69! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist In an elegant and illuminating narrative, the acclaimed author of "Life, Trilobite!," and "Earth" acquaints the reader with the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that helped to create the Natural History Museum in London. Illustrated. see all copies from $4.46! new only from $4.54! \| SVS
4	Earth: An Intimate History more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist 'A dazzling achievement. Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers. ' Bill Bryson'The Earth is a true delight: full of awe-inspiring details...it blends travel, history, reportage and science to creat an unforgettable picture of our ancient earth. ' Sunday TimesThe face of the Earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $4.69! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Fossils: The History of Life more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist This updated edition of the highly successful volume, created in conjunction with London's Natural History Museum, has all the strengths of the original...and more. Completely redesigned and revised, it now features two fascinating new sections that reflect the contemporary state of the field: "How to Recognize Fossils" and "Molecular Paleontology ... see all copies from $16.07! new only from $16.61! \| SVS
6	Dry Store Room No. 1: the Secret Life of the Natural History Museum by Richard Fortey add to wishlist '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. 'This book is a kind of museum of the mind. It is my own collection, a personal archive, designed to explain what goes on ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $11.34!
7	Fossils PB more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist This thorough introduction to the world of paleontology has been completely revised and updated, reflecting changes in the ways that fossils are viewed and interpreted. Using the fluid writing style that made Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution such a success, Dr. Fortey brings the study of fossils into the twenty-first century. Beginning with a ... see all copies from $12.87! new only from $16.41! \| SVS
8	Fossils-the key to the past more books like this by R. A. Fortey add to wishlist Fossils, far from being mere dry bones, provide the key to understanding the stuff of history: past climates, evolution, and extinction. In this introduction, Richard Fortey offers an explanation of how fossils are a product of our endlessly evolving habitat. The story begins with the Precambrian era, more than 600 million years ago. As Fortey ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.68! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rocks and Minerals by Richard Fortey add to wishlist see all copies from $7.14! first editions
10	Arthropod Relationships more books like this by Richard A Fortey (Editor), Richard H Thomas (Editor) add to wishlist Arthropods - insects, crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids - are the most speciose of all animal groups, and have been so for hundreds of millions of years. Their importance in every eco-system - terrestial and marine - is not in question, yet little has been agreed about how they achieve their pre-eminence. This text presents papers from a ... see all copies from $274.52! new only from $274.52!
11	Trilobites more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist With "Trilobite, " Fortey--paleontologist and author of the acclaimed "Life"--offers a marvelously written and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures. of photos. 40 illustrations in text. see all copies from $49.01! new only from $49.01!
12 view cover	Hidden Landscape more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist Why is Scotland the home of the finest malt whisky? Why is Harris famous for its tweed and Devon for its cream teas? Why is East Anglia flat and Scotland mountainous? Richard Fortey peels away the top layer of Britain's land to reveal the hidden landscape. This work examines the rocks which contain the answers to many questions about the geology ... see all copies from $23.49!
13	The Dinosaurs' Alphabet more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist This large-format book goes from "A" for Allosaurus to "Z" for Zephryosaurus with delightful illustrations and humorous, rhymed monologues. It is an irresistible combination of fun and facts for all young dinaosaur enthusiasts. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $48.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Der Bewegte Planet: Eine Geologische Reise Um Die Erde more books like this by Richard Fortey, Jens Seeling (Translator) add to wishlist Die OberflAche der Erde hat eine bewegte Geschichte hinter sich. So stabil uns manche groArAumigen Landschaftsstrukturen wie GebirgszA1/4ge, Tiefebenen und Ozeane auch erscheinen mAgen, so sehr hat sich das Antlitz der Erde doch im Laufe von Milliarden von Jahren immer wieder verAndert. Und A1/4berall trifft man auf die Spuren dieser unruhigen ... see all copies from $48.71! new only from $51.41! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Earth by Richard Fortey add to wishlist 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 face of the earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed constantly over billions of years. Its shape records a remote past of ... see all copies from $7.15! new only from $7.15!
16 view cover	Human Body: New Edition more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53!
17	Trilobiten by Richard; Beginnen Fortey, Kurt; Kuntz, Sigrid add to wishlist see all copies from $17.67! new only from $34.89!
18	Leben. Die Ersten Vier Milliarden Jahre by Richard Fortey add to wishlist see all copies from $23.80! new only from $49.45!

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