Nov 21, 2010
Paleontology is a set of tools of discovery in science. Explorers
look to the rocks, and the quarries and the fossils encased within
to read the story of the evolution of life on Earth, from which
single-celled beings radiated to what Darwin described as "Endless
forms most beautiful." Brian Switek is a science writer and blogger
whose new book explains the processes by which paleontologists from
the 17th century forward analyzed the bones of past eras and eons
to give us avian dinosaurs (we call them birds), whales, elephants
and more. Despite creationist claims, there are transitional
fossils. Brian's book is written clearly and with an entertaining
voice and I have been thoroughly enjoying it.