Jan Zalasiewicz

{{Short description|British-Polish geologist}}

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Jan Zalasiewicz (born 1954 in Manchester[https://zkm.de/en/person/jan-zalasiewicz Jan Zalasiewicz].) is a British-Polish geologist and palaeontologist,[https://theconversation.com/profiles/jan-zalasiewicz-153171 The Conversation Profile]. emeritus professor at the University of Leicester,[https://le.ac.uk/gge/people/emeritus-honorary University of Leicester staff page].{{Citation | url=https://academicminute.org/2016/08/jan-zalasiewicz-university-of-leicester-a-new-age/ | title=Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester - A New Age - The Academic Minute | date=5 August 2016 | publisher=academicminute.org | language=en | access-date=2020-07-09 | archive-date=2024-01-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107212521/https://academicminute.org/2016/08/jan-zalasiewicz-university-of-leicester-a-new-age/ | url-status=dead }} and Ig Nobel laureate.{{Citation| title = Past Ig Winners |date = August 2006|access-date = 2023-09-17 |publisher = improbable.com |url = https://improbable.com/ig/winners/?amp=1#ig2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230917133621/https://improbable.com/ig/winners/?amp=1#ig2023 |archive-date = 2023-09-17 |language = en-US}}

Life

His parents escaped from Siberia with the Anders' Army.[http://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,22839876,wiec-chodz-zafoliuj-mi-swiat-antropocen-era-czlowieka-era.html Więc chodź, zafoliuj mi świat. Antropocen, epoka człowieka, epoka plastiku]. He was the head of the Anthropocene Working Group from 2009 to 2020.{{Cite web |title=Anthropocene Curriculum |url=https://www.anthropocene-curriculum.org/contribution/conversation-with-jan-zalasiewicz |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=www.anthropocene-curriculum.org}}

Publications

  • The Earth After Us (2008), {{ISBN|9780199214976}}.
  • The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey Into Earth's Deep History (2012)
  • The Cosmic Oasis: The Remarkable Story of Earth's Biosphere (2022), with Mark Williams {{ISBN|9780198845874}}

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