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The Quest for Life in Amber Softcover - 1995
by Poinar, George & Roberta Poinar
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- Paperback
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In passages that read more like an Indiana Jones screenplay than scientific research, the Poinars describe how their hobby-turned-obsession ultimately led to a breakthrough scientific finding: the discovery of preserved insect DNA in amber. Photos.
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- Title The Quest for Life in Amber
- Author Poinar, George & Roberta Poinar
- Illustrator Well-illustrated
- Binding softcover
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used - Fine copy
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA
- Date 1995
- Bookseller's Inventory # BOOKS047304I
- ISBN 9780201489286 / 0201489287
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.15 x 0.7 in (23.55 x 15.62 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Amber fossils, DNA, Fossil
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94-3043
- Dewey Decimal Code 560
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The clouds raced across the steel blue North Sea, and the dune plants bobbed up and down from the gusty winds.