“edwin h colbert”

William Diller Matthew (1871-1930), who could be called the Father of Mammalian Paleontology, occupies a major position in the history of North American paleontology. In his biography of this paleontologist's paleontologist, Edwin Colbert paints a compelling portrait of the scientist's life and work... More

Vertebrate evolution is studied through comparative anatomy and functional morphology of existing vertebrates as well as fossil records. Since the publication of the previous edition of Colbert’s Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time, there have been signifi... More

This volume is a historical biography of Robert Knight--a pioneering editor and the founder of The Times of India in Bombay and The Statesman in Calcutta--and covers his entire life from 1825-90. It outlines the history of two major newspapers of the present era. Robert Knight was one of the ardent ... More

This two-volume guide to Indian ornithology is the most comprehensive work published on the birds, that are found in or visit India in all seasons. More than a thousand species of birds of all kinds are recorded by the author in this indispensable work and properly described and illustrated in detai... More

Concise detailed review -- amply illustrated -- of the astonishing creatures that ruled the earth for some 60 million years, with particular emphasis on the tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates that lived during the years of reptilian dominance). Also examines interrelationships between amphibians and... More

Fascinating, lavishly illustrated story of dinosaur research from beginnings in 19th-century England to 1960. Achievements of Buckland, Mantell, Cope, Marsh, Huxley, Sternberg, Brown, many other researchers. Also expeditions, excavations, reconstruction, rivalries, more. 116 photographs. 47 figures ... More

In Organizational Ethics and the Good Life, Edwin Hartman contends that, as ethics is about the good community, a great part of business ethics is about the good organization. He argues that a large and complex organization has the characteristic of the "commons" studied by game theorists, and that ... More

Edwin Hutchins combines his background as an anthropologist and an open-ocean racing sailor in this account of how anthropological methods can be combined with cognitive theory to produce an new reading of cognitive science. Hutchins examines a set of phenomena that have fallen between psychology an... More

Community development depends on effective social action, and effective social action requires the acquisition of related knowledge and skills. While other studies of community development stress the role of economic and political factors, Hamilton develops an educational model for promoting change ... More