History of Life

[John Bruner]

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Bill Shear wrote:
> Dear Taxacomers,
> I'm looking for a short, inexpensive book--or collection of articles--on
> the fundamentals of plate tectonics.  In my History of Life course, ....
> Bill Shear
> Department of Biology
> Hampden-Sydney College
> Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
> (804)223-6172
> FAX (804)223-6374
> email<bills at hsc.edu>

How does $5.15 sound for total cost?  (Prices are what I paid for them at
the Illini Union bookstore, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.)

Eicher, Don L.  1968.  Geologic Time.  Foundations of Earth Science
Series.  McAlester, A. Lee (Editor).  Prentice-Hall, Inc.  Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey.  149 pp.  Cost $2.75 (USA). paperback.

Bullard, Edward.  1969.  Chapter 2.  The origin of the oceans.  pp. 16-25.
*IN:* The Ocean.  Scientific American, Inc.  W. H. Freeman and Company,
San Francisco, California.  140 pp.  Cost $2.45 (USA).  [note: The tem
chapters in this book originally appeared as articles in the September
1969 issue of Scientific American.  Each is available as a separate
Offprint (Numbers 879-888) from W. H. Freemand and Co.]. paperback.

        John
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