One Long Experiment

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ISBN: 9780231109055 | 0231109059
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/1998

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Addressing the history of the earth in terms of geological process and the resolution of the fossil record, Martin presents a lucid report on the current state of knowledge of a group of interconnected themes -- process, scale and hierarchy, and methodologies of historical sciences.

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Preface
Prologue: Methodology and Proof in Historical Science	p. 1
Scale, Measurement, and Process: An Introduction	p. 9
The Nature of the Stratigraphic Record: Curds and Whey	p. 24
Random Walks in Muck	p. 53
Time and Taphonomy	p. 72
Biological Processes Inferred from the Fossil Record	p. 95
Cycles and Secular Trends	p. 132
Energy and Evolution	p. 163
Extinction	p. 186
Epilogue: The Nature of Nature	p. 212
References	p. 217
Index	p. 253
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