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Amber Forest
Language: en
Pages: 154
Authors: Ronald H. McPeak
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-07-27 - Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc.

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Glossy color photos are prevalent in this book featuring the beauty and biology of California's submarine forests.
The Amber Forest
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: George O. Poinar
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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The Poinars are world leaders in the study of amber fossils and have spent years examining the uniquely rich supply that has survived from the ancient forests o
Life in Amber
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: George O. Poinar
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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"Amber is a semi-precious gem that is formed over eons by natural forces out of the resin of trees. Human fascination with amber dates back to prehistoric times
Amber
Language: en
Pages: 76
Authors: Andrew Ross
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The fossilized resin of ancient trees, amber preserves organic material--most commonly insects and other invertebrates--and with it the shape and surface detail
The Quest For Life In Amber
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: George Poinar
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-09-11 - Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman

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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