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The Trilobite Book: A Visual Journey de Riccardo Levi-Setti

The Trilobite Book: A Visual Journey

Autor Riccardo Levi-Setti
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 mai 2014

În cadrul programelor de studiu dedicate paleontologiei și geologiei istorice, studiul artropodelor marine din era Paleozoică ocupă un loc central pentru înțelegerea evoluției biodiversității. Găsim în The Trilobite Book o resursă academică de o calitate vizuală rară, care documentează existența de 300 de milioane de ani a acestor creaturi, din Cambrian până în Permian. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Riccardo Levi-Setti reușește să îmbine precizia de fizician cu entuziasmul colecționarului, oferind o perspectivă unică asupra mineralogiei culorii și structurii cristaline a ochilor trilobiților.

Din punct de vedere structural, volumul este organizat geografic și cronologic, oferind o călătorie prin depozitele fosilifere din Boemia, Maroc, America de Nord și Marea Britanie. Notăm cu interes includerea unor capitole practice despre piața fosilelor, cum ar fi secțiunea dedicată asamblajelor autentice versus reproducerile artizanale din Maroc, un detaliu de o valoare inestimabilă pentru curatori. Comparabil cu The Trilobite Collector's Guide de Andy Secher în ceea ce privește pasiunea pentru colectare, volumul de față se distinge prin rigoarea academică impusă de University of Chicago Press și prin focalizarea pe detaliul fotografic macro, fiind mai degrabă un atlas științific decât o simplă narațiune.

Experiența lecturii este marcată de cele 235 de planșe color care transformă fosilele în obiecte de o estetică frapantă. Dincolo de spectacolul vizual, textul oferă o analiză pertinentă a rolului trilobiților în istoria planetară, făcând din această lucrare un instrument de referință atât pentru laboratoarele de cercetare, cât și pentru bibliotecile specializate în științele naturii.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226124414
ISBN-10: 022612441X
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 235 color plates
Dimensiuni: 203 x 254 x 28 mm
Greutate: 1.31 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această lucrare profesioniștilor și studenților la geologie care doresc un instrument de identificare vizuală de neegalat. Cititorul câștigă acces la o colecție privată de talie mondială, beneficiind în același timp de expertiza unui autor care explică mecanismele fizice din spatele vederii trilobiților. Este o resursă esențială pentru a învăța să distingi specimenele autentice de falsurile tot mai prezente pe piața internațională.

Despre autor

Riccardo Levi-Setti este profesor emerit de fizică la Universitatea din Chicago și fost director al prestigiosului Institut Enrico Fermi. De-a lungul carierei sale, a fost distins cu Ordinul de Merit al Republicii Italiene și a activat ca cercetător onorific la Field Museum din Chicago. Deși formația sa de bază este în fizica particulelor, Levi-Setti a devenit una dintre cele mai respectate autorități mondiale în paleontologia trilobiților, publicând lucrări de referință care îmbină tehnicile avansate de imagistică cu analiza evoluționistă.

Descriere scurtă

Distant relatives of modern lobsters, horseshoe crabs, and spiders, trilobites swam the planet’s prehistoric seas for 300 million years, from the Lower Cambrian to the end of the Permian eras—and they did so very capably. Trilobite fossils have been unearthed on every continent, with more than 20,000 species identified by science. One of the most arresting animals of our pre-dinosaur world, trilobites are also favorites among the fossil collectors of today, their crystalline eyes often the catalyst for a lifetime of paleontological devotion. And there is no collector more devoted—or more venerated—than Riccardo Levi-Setti. With The Trilobite Book, a much anticipated follow-up to his classic Trilobites, Levi-Setti brings us a glorious and revealing guide to these surreal arthropods of ancient Earth.

Featuring specimens from Bohemia to Newfoundland, California to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, and Wales to the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Levi-Setti’s magnificent book reanimates these “butterflies of the seas” in 235 astonishing full-color photographs. All original, Levi-Setti’s images serve as the jumping-off point for tales of his global quests in search of these highly sought-after fossils; for discussions of their mineralogical origins, as revealed by their color; and for unraveling the role of the now-extinct trilobites in our planetary history.

Sure to enthrall paleontologists with its scientific insights and amateur enthusiasts with its beautiful and informative images, The Trilobite Book combines the best of science, technology, aesthetics, and personal adventure. It will inspire new collectors for eras to come.

Notă biografică

Riccardo Levi-Setti, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Chicago, has served as director of the Enrico Fermi Institute and as an honorary research associate at the Field Museum, Chicago. Although he is trained as a physicist, trilobites have long been his passion. He lives in Chicago.

Cuprins

Preface

1 Introduction: Why Color?

2.1 Bohemia

2.2 Morocco
                                    Cambrian
                                    Ordovician
                                    Devonian

2.3 Western North America

                                    Cambrian
                                    Ordovician
                                    Silurian
                                    Devonian

2.4 Eastern Newfoundland

2.5 Great Britain

2.6 Russia

2.7 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

Reputable Originals of Moroccan Trilobite Assemblies and Single Specimens
Moroccan Trilobite Reproductions (Fakes)
Trilobites from Other Reputable Worldwide Sources

3 The Eyes of Trilobites
 
Acknowledgments
References
Index to Genera

Recenzii

“They may have died out 250 million years ago, but trilobites—a group of marine arthropods containing some 20,000 species—have a persistent grip on the human imagination. This coffee-table gem . . . marries the intertwined story of [Levi-Setti's] global hunt for specimens and trilobites' place in prehistory with 235 superb colour photographs of select fossils. Perhaps most astounding is the array found by Arkadiy Evdokimov in Russia: their preservation is exquisite, down to the rococo flourishes of curving spines and protuberant, complex eyes.”

“A stunning picture of the diversity and fascination of the ‘giant woodlice.’ . . . Beginning with a basic flanged, flattened, woodlouse-like form, trilobites radiated into burrowers, scurriers, plodders, and swimmers. Astonishingly diverse, by virtue of numbers, species, and impact, they were major players for over 270 million years. The Trilobite Book is a tour-de-force, spanning the Cambrian to the Devonian, and roaming from Newfoundland to Morocco. It’s hard to know whether to be more impressed by the diversity of trilobite forms, the quality of fossil preservation, or the skills of those who prepared the specimens. . . . The text and photographs, all taken by the author, work beautifully together to build a picture of the intricacy and complexity of trilobites. This is best shown with the eyes, where even the single calcite crystal lenses survived intact. This is the real eye through which trilobites would have seen a world where they did indeed do things differently.”

"A well illustrated introduction to the trilobites."

“Fortunately for curious humans, trilobites left behind an abundance of fossils, which look more like magical creatures from another galaxy than fossils from this planet. Their intricate patterns and designs along with a crayon box assortment of colors make them perfect ‘treasure hunt’ collectibles. . . . This gorgeous, well-researched book is a must-have for anyone interested in these prehistoric creatures, as well as anyone who simply wants an impressive book to display on the living room coffee table.”

“In this enchanting book [trilobites] are portrayed in all their diversity in a series of enthralling colour photographs. . . . The focus of this remarkable book differs somewhat from that of its predecessors. . . . It is a personal journey, a kind of travelogue through the trilobite world, starting with Levi-Setti, a professor of physics at the University of Chicago, finding his first trilobite in a suburb of that city, more than 40 years ago. Since then he has travelled to many trilobite-rich locations around the world, and this book’s ensuing chapters eloquently describe and illustrate what he has collected. . . . Marvellous. . . . Its production values are excellent, its photographs amazing. . . . And at this price it is a bargain, to be savoured with a glass of wine on a winter evening.”

“A very nice collection of trilobite photographs, compiled in a coffee-table-style book.”

“Although extinct for 250 million years, trilobites remain one of the fossils most prized by both amateur collectors and professionals because of their incredibly varied and intricate body plan, including one of the first complex vision systems in the animal kingdom. Levi-Setti is a distinguished physicist, but his other passion is paleontology, and he has a demonstrated expertise in collecting, preparing, and imaging trilobites. This coffee-table book, a completely new endeavor and quite distinct from his earlier successful book, Trilobites, provides a richly personal, detailed introduction to the topic. . . . . The real value of this volume is in the glorious full-color illustrations of exquisitely prepared trilobites that would be at home both on the coffee table and on an academic’s bookshelf. . . . Highly recommended.”

“To write that it is visually stunning is to put it lightly. Never before in one place have I seen so many amazing photographs of the fossilized remains of these fascinating creatures.”

“Spectacular. . . . Levi-Setti obviously not only knows, but also loves his trilobites, and this love transpires through the book. I found myself devouring page after page. . . . Beautiful.”

“Is there a more enviable person on Earth than Riccardo Levi-Setti? Professor Emeritus of physics at the University of Chicago, former director of the Enrico Fermi Institute, Guggenheim Fellow, Fellow of the American Physical Society, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and the Leonardo da Vinci Award of the Order Sons of Italy in America, inventor of the high-resolution scanning ion microprobe . . . and author of three photo-rich volumes on the subject of his avocation, trilobites. . . . Now, nearly four decades after the first Atlas, Levi-Setti has published the book says he has long wanted to but could not because of the prohibitive production costs—a full-color compilation of trilobite photos. The Trilobite Book: A Visual Journey is not a third edition of the original Atlas. It is instead a very personal tour of trilobites the author has known and the expeditions he took in collecting them. . . . Every reader of A Visual Journey will identify their own ‘OMG’ image. . . . A great gift for anyone who answers ‘Trilobite!’ to the question, ‘What is your favorite fossil?’”