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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Beer and Rocks Meeting, April 19th: The Quantitative Apocalypse

After a brief hiatus, we resume our deep and heady discussions: the next meeting of the BEER AND ROCKS society is scheduled for April 19th, at my digs (see your email for exciting details!).

Anyway, courtesy of Ben, our upcoming topic for discussion is... The Quantitative Revolution in Earth Sciences, Past and Future. A couple of fun papers this week, too! So, without further ado, here they are:

Burma, B.H., 1949, Studies in Quantitative Paleontology II: Multivariate Analysis - A new analytical tool for paleontology and geology: Journal of Paleontolgy, v23, p. 95-103.

Burma 1949

Sepkoski, D., 2005, Stephen Jay Gould, Jack Sepkoski, and the "Quantitative Revolution" in American Paleobiology: Journal of the History of Biology, v. 38, p. 209-237

Sepkoski 2005

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