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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by dotancohen on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:46AM (#28466689)
This book looks fantastic - just perfect to capture the interest of the layman. If it ever get translated to my language it is going on my coffee table as well.

Did you coin the term Cambrian Radiation? Though I agree that the term Cambrian Explosion may mislead, I fear that the term Cambrian Radiation might confuse. If a new term is to be coined, wouldn't Cambrian Diversification be an obvious choice?

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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by thangalin on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:55PM (#28473243)
A printed version costs about $150 to produce, which includes $15 that goes to the illustrators. Translating to other languages would be a technical challenge. I didn't coin the term Cambrian Radiation; you can find the phrase referenced by biologists many times throughout the book's bibliography:

https://impacts.to/bibliography.pdf

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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by dotancohen on Saturday September 11, 2021 @11:19AM (#28492686)
I see, thank you for the details.
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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by inkyoto on Thursday September 09, 2021 @06:19AM (#28468145)
I fear that the term Cambrian Radiation might confuse

I have surmised the OP actually meant Cambrian Radiance, not radiation. Autocomplete might have been complicit.

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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by thangalin on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:52PM (#28473208)
Search for "radiation" and "radiance" in the book's bibliography:

https://impacts.to/bibliography.pdf

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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by zeven7 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @09:09AM (#28469237)
Radiance sounds so much better than radiation
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