Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
A Marvelous Microscopic World
What Is a Microfossil?
Why Study Microfossils
Part A: The Study of Microfossils
Part B: Microfossils through the Geologic Ages
Part C: The Diversity of Microfossils
Part D: Architects, Builders, and Markers of Time

Promotional Information

Training a powerful lens on the microscopic wonders of the universe, hundreds of photos, both exquisite and strange, accompany this startling exposé of a secret world invisibly evolving around us for billions of years.

About the Author

Patrick De Wever is a professor of geology and micropaleontology at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. He is the author of Temps de la Terre, temps de l'Homme and Carnet de curiosités d'un géologue. Alison Duncan is a translator and book editor. She earned her master of science in translation from New York University and her bachelor of arts in French and Francophone studies from Vassar College.

Reviews

Enhanced by sumptuous images, Marvelous Microfossils reveals microfossils' amazing forms and fascinating architecture. Readers will be easily hypnotized by their patterns, their rhythms, their symmetries . . . a delight for the eyes, this book is also notable for its scientific intelligibility. The author is able to render his interest and the complexity of an invisible and inert world with a sharp literary pen, clear text, and simple and effective examples and organization.
—Rémi Luglia, President, Société Nationale de Protection de la Nature

Initially an emotional thunderbolt for geologist and micropaleontologist Patrick De Wever, microfossils became the object of his research for decades. Sharing this feeling was his motivation to devote a book to the topic. To say the least, this book perfectly fulfills that function!
—La Recherche

This book will make history! It is the fruit of a whole life's work dedicated to the study of microfossils. The author combines his qualities as a scientist with a great knowledge of the literature. His wish, to inspire us to look for the beauties hidden in stone, is fully realized in this beautiful and successful work!
—A Fond la Science