Arthur Smith Woodward: His Life and Influence on Modern Vertebrate Palaeontology
Product code: SP430
Print publication date: 25/02/2016
Earth and Solar System History, Palaeontology and geobiology, History of Geology, GSL Special Publications, Geological Society of London
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862397415
Author/Edited by: Edited by Z. Johanson, P.M. Barrett, M. Richter and M. Smith
Weight: 1.01kg
Number of pages: 362
Online publication date: 05/02/2016
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/430/1
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Product Code: SP430
Edited by Z. Johanson, P.M. Barrett, M. Richter and M. Smith
Special Publication 430.
Arthur Smith Woodward was the Natural History Museum’s longest-serving Keeper of Geology and the world’s leading expert on fossil fish. He was also an unwitting victim of the Piltdown fraud, which overshadowed his important scientific contributions. The aim of this book is to honour Smith Woodward’s contributions to vertebrate palaeontology, discuss their relevance today and provide insights into the factors that made him such an eminent scientist. The last few years have seen a resurgence in fossil vertebrate (particularly fish) palaeontology, including new techniques for the ‘virtual’ study of fossils (synchrotron and micro CT-scanning) and new research foci, such as ‘Evo-Devo’ – combining fossils with the development of living animals. This new research is built on a strong foundation, like that provided by Smith Woodward’s work. This collection of papers, authored by some of the leading experts in their fields, covers the many facets of Smith Woodward’s life, legacy and career. It will be a benchmark for studies on one of the leading vertebrate palaeontologists of his generation.
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Smith, M., Johanson, Z., Barrett, P. M. & Richter, M. Introduction and bibliography
Smith Woodward’s life and work: historical background
Shindler, K. & Smith, M. ‘A Splendid Position’: The life, achievements and contradictions of Sir Arthur Smith Woodward 1864–1944
Smith, M. The Natural History Museum Fossil Fish Collection: Smith Woodward’s role in the development and use of this priceless resource
Bernard, E. L. & Smith, M. Arthur Smith Woodward’s fossil fish type specimens
Milner, A. C. Lady Smith Woodward’s tablecloth
Smith, M. & Shindler, K. Lady Smith Woodward’s memories: introduction
Smith Woodward’s scientific legacy
Forey, P. L. Smith Woodward’s ideas on fish classification
Underwood, C., Meredith Smith, M. & Johanson, Z. Sclerorhynchus atavus and the convergent evolution of rostrum-bearing chondrichthyans
Duffin, C. J. Cochliodonts and chimaeroids: Arthur Smith Woodward and the holocephalians
Underwood, C., Ward, D. & Guinot, G. Development of understanding of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic chondrichthyan fossil record
Friedman, M., Beckett, H. T., Close, R. A. & Johanson, Z. The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagersta¨tten
Brito, P. M. & Richter, M. The contribution of Sir Arthur Smith Woodward to the palaeoichthyology of Brazil – Smith Woodward’s types from Brazil
Maisey, J. G. Mr Mawson’s fossils
Liston, J. J. Leedsichthys problematicus: Arthur Smith Woodward’s ‘most embarrassing enigma’
Turner, S. & Long, J. The Woodward factor: Arthur Smith Woodward’s legacy to geology in Australia and Antarctica
Milner, A. C. & Barrett, P. M. Smith Woodward’s contributions on fossil tetrapods
Steel, L. & Buffetaut, E. Arthur Smith Woodward, Florentino Ameghino and the first Jurassic ‘Sea Crocodile’ from South America
Dean, C., De Groote, I. & Stringer, C. Arthur Smith Woodward and his involvement in the study of human evolution
Beckett, H. T. & Friedman, M. The one that got away from Smith Woodward: cranial anatomy of Micrornatus (Acanthomorpha: Scombridae) revealed using computed microtomography
Index
01.08.2017
This is a most useful, and handsome, volume. Using the resources of the Natural History Museum in London, where ASW (1864-1944) was Keeper of Geology 1901-1924, it lists his incredible bibliography of 742 entries, starting with his Trip from Crewe to North Wales, which he printed himself in 1878. This volume, and its online supplements, chart both ASW’s life and the important legacies of his museum work, and his wife’s contributions and memories.
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