Nowtilus - La paleontología en 100 preguntas

Adriana Oliver Pérez nació en Madrid en 1982. Licenciada en Geología y doctora en Paleontología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Desde 2007 colabora en el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC. En 2015, trabajó como investigadora postdoctoral en el Museo de Historia Natural de Viena. Desde mediados de 2016 colabora con Geosfera S. L. impartiendo talleres de divulgación científica en colegios e institutos, y dirige la Comisión Coordinadora de Divulgación del Yacimiento paleontológico de Somosaguas.

Francesc Gascó Lluna nació en Valencia en 1984. Licenciado en Biología por la Universidad de Valencia y Doctor en Paleontología por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Su especialidad es la biología de los dinosaurios saurópodos. Divulgador científico desde 2006, autor del blog y canal de YouTube "El Pakozoico", y miembro de la plataforma "Scenio" de divulgación científica en internet. Colaborador del Grupo de Biología Evolutiva de la UNED desde 2016 en el estudio de dinosaurios de Castilla-La Mancha. Desde principios de 2017 colabora con Geosfera S.L. impartiendo talleres de divulgación científica en colegios e institutos.

¿Quién no se ha preguntado alguna vez por la aparición de los primeros seres vivos, los dinosaurios que habitaban la Tierra o el origen del ser humano?
La paleontología, a través del estudio de los fósiles nos propone un emocionante viaje para conocer los seres vivos que habitaron la Tierra en las diferentes eras geológicas. En este libro te invitamos a bucear entre la historia de la vida en la Tierra y descubrir sus grandes momentos como la aparición de las primeras bacterias hace 3.800 millones de años, pasando por los primeros organismos acorazados, las primeras plantas terrestres, los primeros vertebrados, la conquista de la tierra, los primeros bosques, la era de los dinosaurios, la aparición de los mamíferos, la aparición de las plantas con flor o la aparición de los homínidos. ¿Te animas a descubrir cómo eran?

PALEONTOLOGY IN 100 QUESTIONS

The science that answers to fundamental questions about the origin of life and the origin of the human being. From the first bacteria - 3,800 million years - and the first organisms, plants and vertebrates, until the conquest of the Earth, the age of the dinosaurs, mammals and the emergence of hominids in the Miocene 7 million years ago.

SELECTION OF QUESTIONS
Are whales and cows cousins? what were the earliest forms of life like? how did climate change affect life itself? how could the first cell emerge? what is the cambrian explosion? why did amphibians leave water? is it true that dinosaurs were afraid of mice? how did whales lost their back legs? are we reaching the 6th extinction? who were the first Europeans? when did language appear? are there living fossils?

SYNOPSIS

Who did not ever wonder about the appearance of the first living beings, dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth, or about the origin of the human being?
Paleontology, through the study of fossils offers the reader an exciting journey to learn about the creatures that inhabited the Earth in different geological eras. In this book we invite the reader to dive among the history of life on Earth, and discover its great moments as the appearance of the first bacteria 3,800 million years, passing through the first armoured organisms, the first land plants, the first vertebrates, the conquest of the land, first forests, the age of the dinosaurs, the emergence of mammals, the emergence of flowering plants or the emergence of hominids. Dare to discover how they were?

AUTHORS
Adriana Oliver Pérez was born in Madrid in 1982. She holds a Master’s Deegree in Geology, and a PhD in Paleontology by the Complutense University of Madrid. From 2007 she collaborates with the Natural Science National Museum –CSIC. In 2015 she worked in a postgraduate investigation in the Natural History Museum of Viena. From mid 2016 she collaborates with Geosfere S.L. teaching divulgation scientific seminars in schools and secondary schools, and manages the Coordination Commission of Paleontolical Divulgation of Somosaguas, in Madrid.
Francesc Gascó Lluna was born in Valencia in 1984. He holds a Master’s Degree in Biology by the Valencia University, and holds a PhD in Paleontology by the Autonomous University of Madrid. His specialisation is sauropodos dinosaur biology. He is a scientific promoter since 2006, writes a blog and has a youtube channel called “El Pañozoico”, and is a member of the divulgative platform in Internet called “Scenio”. He collaborates with the Evolutive Biology Group from UNED from 2016, basically in the study of Dinosaurs in Castilla La Mancha. From the begining of 2017 he also collaborates with Geosfere S.L. teaching divulgation scientific seminars in schools and secondary schools.

SALES PITCH
-This title deals with more than 4000 years of history of life: from the first bacteria to the future of Paleontology.
-It denies and demystifies false beliefs and legends, providing numerous and rigorous data and scientific curiosities.
-Explains the most unknown and controversial items of this science; the extinction of certain species, the emergence of the language. All done in a lively and rigorous tone.
- As in other book from the collection 100 it has an original format, illustrated, clear and very educational, because it raises all the knowledge about a topic in a structure question-answer with a total of 100 items.
-Adriana Oliver holds a Master’s Degree Geology, and a PhD in Paleontology by the Complutense University of Madrid. She collaborates with the Natural Science National Museum –CSIC. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna. Currently she is teaching in divulgation scientific seminars in schools and secondary schools, and manages the Coordination Commission of Paleontolical Divulgation of Somosaguas, in Madrid.