Paleobotany
Daniel Dela Torre
9781773612980
223 pages
Arcler Education Inc
Overview
There are important and very interesting branches of science, of which little is known to the public. This is what happened with paleobotany. From time to time, there are popular books and articles about extinct animals, but fossil plants are unlucky. Books that tell what paleobotany is, who are paleobotanists, what they work for and why, can be counted on fingers because the number of them is so low. Meanwhile, the history of the plant world is no less instructive than the history of the animal world. Paleobotany has a huge store of information that is of great importance for solving both general biological problems and purely practical questions of geology. Without active participation of paleobotanists, it was not possible, for example, to master all the coal basins. However, the study of fossil plants is not only important, but also very interesting, even fascinating.Written at a high scientific level and at the same time quite popular, this book will undoubtedly be interesting and useful to anyone who is interested in the distant past of our planet. However, it is not only that, but this century is the age of atomic physics, space flights and molecular biology where many seem to be focused on the future. Paleontology (and even more so paleobotany) is becoming more and more the focus of some eccentrics and is farther and farther away (and maybe - and Just lagging behind) “real” science, the full movement of scientific thought, the burning and fights of brilliant hypotheses and ideas. This book is a vivid answer to this deeply erroneous view.This book covers a wide range of issues. It tells about the most ancient plants and modern subtle methods of studying them. In addition, this is not a popular translation of a paleobotany textbook. In this book it is shown that the vegetable world of the past is important, but also how facts were obtained, and important generalizations were born. The reader will become, as it were, a witness of many years of discussions in which paleobotanical data played an important role. The author touches upon the most general theoretical problems, having expressed many original thoughts on them.There is no doubt that not only paleontologists, paleobotanists and geologists, but also the widest circle of readers, from physicists to lyricists, will read the book with interest and benefit.
Author Bio
Daniel completed his MSc in Environmental Science from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2016. His primary interests are ecological monitoring using remote sensing and the effects of climate variability on vegetation. He is engaged in the University of the Philippines as a Senior Science Research Specialist working on LiDAR mapping of agricultural resources.
