Fossils (DK Handbooks)
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The clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils from around the world. This comprehensive pocket guide is the perfect introduction to finding, identifying, and collecting fossils. It features more than 500 species of plant and animal fossils, from trilobites and megafauna to dinosaurs and ancient trees. This handbook cuts through the complicated identification process with expertly written and thoroughly vetted text that features precise description, enabling you to recognize a species instantly. Over 1,000 photographs, with illuminating annotations, help you to pick out a fossil's chief characteristics and distinguishing features, while a colour illustration shows the fossil as a living plant or animal. The detailed introduction explains what a fossil is and how they are classified. Start building your own collection with advice on where to look for fossils, what tools and safety equipment are needed for collecting, and how best to organize a fossil collection. To help you in the initial stages of identification, this book provides a visual identification key that makes it easy to recognize a fossil and place it in its correct group. Finally, a concise glossary gives instant understanding of technical and scientific terms.
| Dimensions | 14.5 x 2.1 x 21.7 cm |
| Edition | 1st |
| Isbn 10 | 0241471435 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0241471432 |
| Item Weight | 560 g |
| Language | English |
| Part Of Series | DK Handbooks |
| Print Length | 320 pages |
| Publication Date | 7 Oct. 2021 |
| Publisher | DK |
User
Brilliant as always
I love DK books! They’re so easy to get on with, informative, well written with beautiful photographs.Great beginner books, have really made my journey into fossils much easier! I’m ready for an upgrade now but to something slightly more in-depth but can’t recommend these books enough. Great family friendly pocket guide (well not quite pocket sized but lightweight enough for a rucksack!) Good bit of advice on kit You might need also. All round winner
User
Handy Book
Bought as a birthday present, which was greatly received. A quick flick through, shows informative photos throughout.
User
DK Fossils Handbook.
A very well illustrated and written book. An enjoy to read and learn.
User
Clear, informative
Like all the DK books, this is clear and informative with tons of photos and illustrations. There have been a couple of species that I couldn't find in the book (UK Mid Jurassic) - hence 4 star rather than 5 star - but all-in-all a helpful addition to the bookshelf and companion to their Rocks & Minerals version.
User
Present
My sister loves it
User
Interesting
My granddaughter loved this book. She's very interested in fossils
User
Rocks
Very poor or no photos
User
Aesthetic and authoritive overview of fossils
An excellent mixture of good photographs and informative text. A pleasure to read or browse.
User
Great place for a starter!
Lovely guidance book for a starter, with clear instructions and photos.
User
per gli appassionati di fossili
bellissimo libro, splendide illustrazionida consigliare
User
Perché non in italiano?
Manuale eccellente scritto in un inglese semplice e chiaro accessibile anche a chi non è anglofono. Peccato che una possibile traduzione in italiano possiamo soltanto sognarcela. Esiste un piccolo libro in italiano composto in uno stile grafico simile ma è ridotto all'osso.
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