A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters / Andrew H. Knoll.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062853912
- 0062853910
- QB631.2 .K66 2021
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Harrison Memorial Library NONFICTION | Adult Nonfiction | 525 KNO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31624004314563 |
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."-- Publisher's description.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth.
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