A Brief History of Earth
Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 20 cm
"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.
Contents:
Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth.
ISBN:
9780062853912
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Includes bibliographical references and index.