A Brief History of Earth

Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

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Beschreibung

<p><strong>Harvard's acclaimed geologist ?charts Earth's history in accessible style? (AP)</strong></p><p><strong>?A sublime chronicle of our planet." ?<em>Booklist,</em> STARRED review</strong></p><p>How well do you know the ground beneath your feet?</p><p>Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched atop a mountain range, or roamed by fearsome monsters. Probably most or even all of the above.</p><p>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, 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, <em>A Brief History of Earth</em> is an indispensable look at where we've been and where we're going.</p><p><strong>Features original illustrations depicting Earth history and nearly 50 figures (maps, tables, photographs, graphs).</strong></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780062853912

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

189 x 143 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. USA