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_b.K66 2021
100 1 _aKnoll, Andrew H.,
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245 1 2 _aA brief history of Earth :
_bfour billion years in eight chapters /
_cAndrew H. Knoll
250 _aFirst edition
300 _a260 pages :
_billustrations, maps, portraits, charts ;
_c20 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index
505 0 _aChemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth
520 _aThe 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
520 _a"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."--
650 0 _aLife
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650 0 _aEcology
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650 0 _aGeology
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650 0 _aEarth sciences
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650 0 _aNature
650 0 _aBiology
650 0 _aGeology, Stratigraphic
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650 0 _aHistorical geology
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651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
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651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
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655 7 _aAnnals and chronicles.
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