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Title: Good explanation of the History of Life
Review: Fortey is a paleontologist, rather than a cosmologist or geologist, so book has a particular perspective which I like. I also like that Fortey shares personal anecdotes from a long career in paleontology, including details on expeditions as well as interesting descriptions of other scientific characters he has encountered since the 1960s when he began his work. This book is dense with the real scientific names for things, but Fortey doesnt assume you know what they mean and explains everything. I would have given this 5 stars, except I read his other book, "Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms" first, which I like even more...the chronicle structure of the book limits Fortey a bit here, I think.
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