| Edition |
First edition |
| Description |
260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 20 cm. |
| Summary |
The story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller. But only recently have we begun to piece together the whole mystery into a coherent narrative. Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story |
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"Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we've been and where we're going."-- Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index |
| Contents |
Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth |
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Earth (Planet) -- Origin
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Life -- Origin
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Ecology
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Geology
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Earth sciences
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Nature
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Biology
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Geology, Stratigraphic
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Historical geology
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Earth (Planet)
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| Genre/Form |
Annals and chronicles.
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| ISBN |
9780062853912 (hardcover) |
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