Roy E. Plotnick
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Roy E. Plotnick
Roy Plotnick is professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, where he has been since 1982. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of America and the Paleontological Society.
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Roy E. Plotnick
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Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life
Columbia University Press
Explorers of Deep Time provides a behind-the-scenes look at paleontology as it exists today in all its complexity. It explores the field’s aims, methods, and possibilities, with an emphasis on the compelling personal stories of the diverse group of scientists who have made it a career. It presents the big questions about life’s history that drive paleontological research and shows why knowledge of Earth’s past is essential to understanding present-day environmental crises.