tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824643951008861035.post3024429984945814229..comments2023-06-21T04:02:06.708-07:00Comments on Inside the Mind of The Joe: Where I'm At and How I Got HereJoe Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14033993723509799686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824643951008861035.post-49702714811052482802013-02-28T01:02:03.577-08:002013-02-28T01:02:03.577-08:00The correct title for Wilson's iBook is Life o...The correct title for Wilson's iBook is Life on Earth. Sometimes I'm a victim of my own faulty memory.Joe Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033993723509799686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824643951008861035.post-31551057685528251092013-02-27T01:08:08.058-08:002013-02-27T01:08:08.058-08:00Thanks for the advise! It's a shame I don'...Thanks for the advise! It's a shame I don't have a biology text handy. I've purchased E.O. Wilson's Tree of Life iBook, but it is still in the development phase. I still have my geology book, and I plan on reading it for the first time. (I've got a history of not doing assigned reading in school.) As I don't have much for intermediaries, I may soon try again to brute-force read the Brusatte book, outlining as I go and writing definitions for unknown terms. Hopefully I'm only beating my head against drywall and not brick.Joe Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033993723509799686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824643951008861035.post-12866202080274208592013-02-26T15:10:03.189-08:002013-02-26T15:10:03.189-08:00Joe,
the Brusatte book is excellent, but it is wr...Joe, <br />the Brusatte book is excellent, but it is written for a very specific audience, and it is brutally edited for shortness. It really aims at students aspiring to be palaeontologists, students with a very good education in biology and geology, and at experienced scientists from close-by disciplines. No wonder you're having a hard time. <br />Do come back to it once you know more about the general concepts, basically once you can read an undergrad-level biology or geology textbook without despairing. Steve's book is totally worth it, as a very concise intro into dinosaur palaeo. Just don't expect it to be more.Heinrich Mallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195098490352297671noreply@blogger.com