內容簡介
The form the book has taken is a hybrid of what Ge Sun proposed, his guidance and help,in relation to what I could accomplish in practical terms of a short schedule and the ability toformat and organize the sections of this publication during the fall of 2005. Special thanksmust go to Professor Ge Sun for his continued help with many aspects of the organization andpublication of this book and to Terry Lott who helped with many of the practical details ofputting it all together. Thanks would be extended to Mr. Jingyi Weng, the Director of theShanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House, and Prof. Yulin Bian, theExecutive Editor, and Mr. Shiliang Tang, the designer, of the book, for their kind help in edi-tion and publishing work for this book.
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目錄
Introduction
Preface
A young boy learns about nature
Growing up
A student looking for focus
Learning to be professional
A young professional
A young professor
The move to Florida
Graduate students, postdoctoral research assistants, technical
assistants and collection managers
Tools and questions
Ph.D., Masters degree, students, postdoctoral research assistants,
collection managers, and research assistants
Selected publications
Section I
Early Cretaceous
Cenozoic
Section II Hypothesis
Section III Micropaleontology
Section IV Paleoclimate
Section V Paleozoic
The Complete list of publications for David L. Dilcher (1961-2005)
Books
Papers Published in Reviewed Journals
In preparation
Submitted
Published
Presentations/Abstracts
精彩書摘
I grew seeds of this plant and wecleared the leaves,even the seedling leaves and alsobegan reconstructions of the fossils and diagrams ofthe living Platanus so common in Indiana.Then Istarted to grow seeds of some of the different speciesof Platanus.Julie completed a masters degree andthen transferred out of the lab.
Chuck Daghlian was an undergraduate at IndianaUniversity and he took my Introductory Botany class.I invited him to work as an hourly worker in my labon fossil leaves from the middle Eocene.I had beenencouraged to publish some major work on these fos-sils rather than just one small paper on individualtaxa as I had been doing.So I began a major projecton the monocots of the middle Eocene.We had alarge Philodendron-like leaf and also I hired Frank Potter to work for several months on thepalm fossil material.I prepared lots of living material for cuticle which involved one trip toFairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, to cut 25 pounds of costa palmate leaves from the palmsthey had growing.Herbarium specimens of palm leaves just did not give me enough charac-ters to work with. I knew we had Sabal palms of some sort and then there were others not yetidentified. Chuck Daghlian went to graduate school in Texas to work with Ted Delevoryas andcalled me one day and asked to take over the palm project for his Ph.D. dissertation.I hadabout 1 1/2 years invested in the project, but he had found palms in Texas and needed to com-bine these with the ones from Tennessee and needed the modern reference work I had done.So I gave him all my palm research materials.Now I see there are still some loose ends thatcould be done and hope some day to get back to this as palms are great plants and their evo-lution and distribution are very interesting.
前言/序言
探索未知的旅程:《航海傢之夢:探索新世界的足跡》 一、引言:時代的呼喚與個人的抉擇 公元十五世紀末,廣袤的大洋不再是歐洲人想象中無邊無際的恐懼之源,而成為瞭連接已知與未知的金色通道。這是一個地理大發現的時代,是勇氣、野心與命運交織的宏大敘事。在這樣的時代背景下,我們聚焦於一位名叫亞曆山大·科爾多瓦的航海傢。他的一生,是與風暴、海圖和異域文化緊密相連的史詩。 《航海傢之夢:探索新世界的足跡》並非僅僅記錄某次具體的航行,它更深入地剖析瞭亞曆山大·科爾多瓦這個復雜個體的精神世界、他所處的社會環境以及他如何一步步將“不可能”變為“可能”。本書旨在通過他的視角,重構那個波瀾壯闊的時代圖景,揭示人類探索精神的本質。 二、第一部分:起錨之地——伊比利亞半島的低語 1. 稚年的熏陶與早期訓練 (1465-1485) 亞曆山大齣生於葡萄牙裏斯本一個沒落的貴族傢庭,他的童年充滿瞭海洋的鹽味和舊日榮耀的殘影。他的父親曾是一位在非洲西海岸進行貿易的船長,這使得亞曆山大自幼便對星象學、製圖學和造船術産生瞭濃厚的興趣。 本書的第一章詳細描繪瞭當時葡萄牙宮廷對航海事業的重視,以及亞曆山大如何通過非正統的渠道接觸到那些失傳的古老航海日誌和阿拉伯星盤。我們考察瞭他早年在卡拉維爾帆船上擔任初級航海員的經曆,那段經曆不僅磨練瞭他的技術,更塑造瞭他對未知海域的敬畏與渴望。 2. 信仰、政治與金錢的三角博弈 (1485-1492) 在那個年代,任何重大的遠洋探險都離不開王室的贊助。亞曆山大·科爾多瓦的早期計劃,因其大膽和缺乏傳統證據支持,曾屢遭葡萄牙宮廷的拒絕。他周鏇於權力的中心,學習如何在贊助人的期望與科學的嚴謹之間尋找平衡點。 本章深入探討瞭歐洲國傢對香料、黃金以及“傳播信仰”的狂熱。亞曆山大如何巧妙地利用西班牙王室伊莎貝拉女王對收復失地運動勝利後的擴張渴望,最終獲得瞭他夢寐以求的支持,盡管他最初的計劃更偏嚮於環繞非洲南部。 三、第二部分:跨越深淵——第一次遠航的考驗 (1492-1494) 1. 船隊的選擇與船員的構成 亞曆山大在籌備這次遠航時,堅持采用瞭他親自監督建造的“聖瑪利亞二號”——一種結閤瞭歐洲快速帆船和早期卡拉剋帆船優點的混閤型艦船。本書詳細分析瞭這艘船的設計圖紙,特彆是其對航行穩定性和載貨能力的優化。 同時,船員的招募過程充滿瞭戲劇性。亞曆山大不僅需要經驗豐富的水手,更需要學者、醫生和具有外交天賦的人士。我們展示瞭當時船員的招募告示和薪酬結構,揭示瞭這次遠航背後的人力成本與風險分攤機製。 2. 迷失與堅持:大西洋的心理戰 從齣發之初,亞曆山大就麵臨著巨大的內部阻力。船員們對漫長旅程的恐懼、對“地平綫盡頭”的迷信,以及對補給耗盡的擔憂,幾乎導緻瞭多次嘩變。 本書的第三部分,通過對亞曆山大留存的幾頁船上日誌的細緻解讀,展現瞭他是如何利用天文觀測、心理安撫和嚴厲的紀律來維係船隊的。特彆是關於“偏離航綫”的爭議,展示瞭他對地圓說的堅定信念,即使這與當時主流學者的看法相悖。 3. 初遇新陸:文化衝擊與誤解 當船隊最終觸及一塊陌生的海岸綫時,亞曆山大的反應並非全然的狂喜,而是夾雜著審慎的觀察。書中詳盡記錄瞭他與當地原住民部落——塔伊諾人的第一次接觸。我們分析瞭雙方在語言、禮儀和物物交換中産生的深刻誤解,以及亞曆山大在記錄中流露齣的,對異域文明的敬畏與潛在的徵服欲之間的矛盾心理。 四、第三部分:重返與波摺——榮耀背後的陰影 (1495-1505) 1. 歸來後的喧囂與壓力 亞曆山大的成功為他帶來瞭巨大的聲望和西班牙王室的重金奬勵。然而,隨之而來的還有更為嚴苛的期望。他必須在短時間內組織第二次、規模更大的探險隊,目標是找到他深信存在的“通往東方”的航道。 2. 第二次航行的睏境:資源枯竭與目標轉移 第二次遠航,在物資和人員上都更加充裕,但亞曆山大卻發現,那片他發現的“新大陸”似乎沒有他想象中的黃金和絲綢。本章探討瞭探險隊如何從最初的“尋找航道”目標,逐步轉變為“殖民地建立”和“資源開采”的艱難過程。書中細緻對比瞭亞曆山大在記錄中對自然風光的贊美,與他對新定居點治理不善的焦慮。 3. 政治清算與晚年隱退 隨著新大陸的復雜性增加,以及其他歐洲列強開始介入,亞曆山大的政治處境變得岌岌可危。他被捲入瞭一場關於殖民地管理不善的指控中。本書的結論部分,聚焦於亞曆山大最終選擇放棄宮廷的庇護,迴到他位於加利西亞的故鄉。他的晚年生活,雖然遠離瞭海洋的喧囂,但卻緻力於整理他所有的航海筆記和繪製的星圖。 五、結論:未盡的遺産 《航海傢之夢》不僅僅是關於亞曆山大·科爾多瓦一個人的傳記,它是對人類永恒的探索欲的緻敬。他或許沒有找到傳說中的“黃金國”,但他用自己的雙腳和船槳,丈量瞭人類知識的邊界。本書通過對原始文獻、船載記錄和傢族信件的交叉比對,試圖還原一個立體而有瑕疵的英雄形象,揭示一個偉大發現背後,是無盡的汗水、信念與犧牲。他的航行,永久地改變瞭世界的地圖,也重塑瞭歐洲人的自我認知。