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METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN MICROPALAEONTOLOGY

Edited By J. Tyszka, M. Oliwkiewicz-Miklasiska, P. Gedl and M. A. Kaminski, 2005, Studia Geologica Polonica, v. 124, Polska Akademia Nauk, Poland, 410 pp; ISBN: 83-918081-4-9; List price: 30.00 or $36.00 (both prices include surface postage); http://www.ing.pan.pl/stud4www/Front124.html.

Institute of Geosciences, Tübingen University, Sigwartstr. 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany

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Micropaleontology continues to evolve into a broad and methodologically diverse field. Since the day has only 24 hours, reviews and occasional state-of-the-art syntheses are increasingly important to catch up with the latest developments. Like many practitioners of the science watching the scene, we could not to fail to notice the appearance of a new book entitled "Methods and Applications in Micropaleontology". The title of the book immediately awakened our curiosity. A comprehensive dedicated tome with such content is long overdue, since existing works either treat methods only in passing or are desperately outdated. Could this be the much-needed, up-to-date synthesis? A closer inspection soon revealed that the authors forgot to add the phrase "selected studies in." This book is a collection of individual papers, not a comprehensive review. Nevertheless, this should not distract us from considering . . . [Full Text of this Article]