Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Asymmetries
- 2 The colors of the dinosaurs
- 3 Manipulation matters
- 4 Paleontology's chimeras
- 5 Novel predictions in historical science
- 6 Making prehistory: could the past be socially constructed?
- 7 The natural historical attitude
- 8 Snowball Earth in the balance
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Asymmetries
- 2 The colors of the dinosaurs
- 3 Manipulation matters
- 4 Paleontology's chimeras
- 5 Novel predictions in historical science
- 6 Making prehistory: could the past be socially constructed?
- 7 The natural historical attitude
- 8 Snowball Earth in the balance
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
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- Making PrehistoryHistorical Science and the Scientific Realism Debate, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007