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How to Deep-Freeze a Mammoth by Björn Kurtén; based on a translation by Erik J. Friis of the original work is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is How to Deep-Freeze a Mammoth about?

How does bison meat taste after being frozen for 30,000 years? Were Ice Age cave painters trying to create "art" or just record history? How did ancient oil spills occur, before there were oil companies to create them? Those are just some of the questions renowned paleontologist Bjorn Kurten answers in this collection of lighthearted essays on fossils, ancient life, and related topics. Written for the general reader, these lively pieces range from a look at how scientific theories are created to some new views of old myths. Among the topics Kurten examines are the history of the Mediterranean Sea, the origin of birds, the theory of plate tectonics (continental drift), and the discovery of Piltdown Man, the "missing link" fossil forgery that fooled scientists for more than 40 years. And, true to its title, the book offers a humorous "recipe" for freezing a mammoth that is tundra-tested, if not totally foolproof. "You may have to expend a few hundred mammoths before everything works out," the reader is cautioned, "But there are plenty of them." (Although the author hasn't tasted the fruits of his mammoth recipe, he did feast on some ancient bison meat that dated from 30,000 years ago

Who reads How to Deep-Freeze a Mammoth?

Author

Björn Kurtén; based on a translation by Erik J. Friis of the original work

Publisher

New York: Columbia University Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231059787

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Stem

Rating

4.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14