A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters /
Knoll, Andrew H.,
A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters / Andrew H. Knoll - First edition - 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index
Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth
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 "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."--
9780062853912 0062853910
Life--Origin
Ecology
Geology
Earth sciences
Nature
Biology
Geology, Stratigraphic
Historical geology
Earth (Planet)--Origin
Earth (Planet)
Annals and chronicles.
QB631.2 / .K66 2021
A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters / Andrew H. Knoll - First edition - 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index
Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth
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 "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."--
9780062853912 0062853910
Life--Origin
Ecology
Geology
Earth sciences
Nature
Biology
Geology, Stratigraphic
Historical geology
Earth (Planet)--Origin
Earth (Planet)
Annals and chronicles.
QB631.2 / .K66 2021