Re: Good New Book

[David Krentz <David.Krentz@disney.com>]

Ken Kinman wrote:
> 
> Chris and others,
>      Want to elaborate or point out any of his phylogenetic hypotheses which
> are most likely to change?
>      Does he recognize a holophyletic Lophotrochozoa as a major clade of
> Metazoa (a presently popular bandwagon many people are jumping on these
> days).  And whatever he did with prokaryotes, it is probably destined for
> just as much change as Metazoan phylogeny.  Sounds like a fascinating book
> though.
>                   -------Ken
> P.S.  Does he present cladograms in a format similar to those of Brusca and
> Brusca (1990)?
> ********************************************************
> >From: chris brochu <cbrochu@fieldmuseum.org>
> >Reply-To: cbrochu@fieldmuseum.org
> >To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> >Subject: Re: Good New Book
> >Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 06:47:45 -0500
> >
> > >At 16:58 05/11/00 -0600, you wrote:
> > >>Hey,
> > >>I have a really good new book to recommend to you all.
> > >>
> > >>It's called the Variety of Life, and it's written by British biologist
> > >Colin Tudge.  Basically, it classifies and describes every creature that
> > >has ever lived.  There are probably about 30 cladograms, including some
> > >really nice ones tracing the evolution of archosaurs, birds, mammals, and
> > >specifically primates and humans.
> > >>It's probably the single best classification book that I've seen.
> > >>
> > >>This book was published by Oxford, and you can probably find it on their
> > >website.
> > >>
> > >>Steve
> > >
> > >Yep, it's a mammoth work by a good guy. Best way for non-brits to get
> >hold
> > >of it is probably through amazon.co.uk. (It'll only make it onto
> >amazon.com
> > >if it has a US version/distributor).
> > >
> > >Best
> > >C
> >
> >
> >I was able to get a copy from amazon.com, and have seen it for sale at both
> >Barnes & Noble and Borders here in the states.
> >
> >I agree that this is a good book.  The only reason I hesitated in
> >purchasing a copy is that many of the phylogenetic hypotheses discussed are
> >likely to change, so this is a book likely to go through multiple editions
> >(a problem that would plague any book on this topic).
> >
> >chris
> >
> >------------------------
> >Christopher A. Brochu
> >Department of Geology
> >Field Museum
> >1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
> >Chicago, IL 60605
> >
> >phone 312-665-7633
> >fax 312-665-7641
> >electronic cbrochu@fmppr.fmnh.org
> >
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  I browsed through it this weekend.  I must say, the illustrations of
dinosaurs were a little weak.  A three fingered tyrannosaur and the
hadrosaur with a pencil thin whip-like tail were my favourites.
  I looked past it though and decided that one day soon I will purchase
it for it's originallity and simplicity. (boy I hope I'm talking about
the same book as everyone..)
  David Krentz