{"product_id":"the-last-lost-world-lydia-pyne-9780143123422","title":"The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling scientific and cultural exploration of the Ice Age--from the author of \u003ci\u003eHow the Canyon Became Grand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a remarkable father-daughter team comes a dramatic synthesis of science and environmental history--an exploration of the geologic time scale and evolution twinned with the story of how, eventually, we have come to understand our own past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e is an inquiry into the conditions that made it, the themes that define it, and the creature that emerged dominant from it. At the same time, it tells the story of how we came to discover and understand this crucial period in the Earth's history and what meanings it has for today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143123424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143123422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Lydia Pyne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169641689343,"sku":"9780143123422","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_444cfe99-bdc0-4e59-b6ee-b4add368eaad.jpg?v=1689654096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-lost-world-lydia-pyne-9780143123422","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}