A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters
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.
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Life > Origin. Earth (Planet) > Origin. |
- ISBN: 9780062853912
- Physical Description 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: An invitation -- Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth. |