The Quest for Life in Amber: The Discovery of Fossil DNA

by Roberta Poinar, George Poinar, George O. Poinar Jr.

Book Overview

The dinosaurs of Jurassic Park are an imaginative leap from the ancient bee and its 40-million-year-old preserved DNA that George and Roberta Poinar discovered in 1991. Here they describe in detail... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201626608
• ISBN13: 9780201626605
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A great read all around!

I was digging for books about amber to write a genetics report and chose this one. I couldn't have chosen a better book! It was more than a scientific study, it was an all around adventure book! The author draws you right in. I'd suggest this book to anyone anyday!

Very interesting and easy to see the scientific adventure.

This book is very interesting and easy to readers who want to know about scientific quest for ancient animals and plants in amber. The authors wrote this book very well to describe and explain scientists' life for exploring secret and truth of Nature. It isn't too scientific for people to understand about amber. And it isn't too plain to describe the scientific quest. I think this book is good for both students who are going to study biology and people who would like to explore the world of science.