The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet
AUTHOR:
Hazen, Robert M., 1948-
ISBN:
9780143123644
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Penguin, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
306 p. ; 21 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes index
ABSTRACT:
In this radical new approach to Earth's biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national bestselling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere--of rocks and living matter--has shaped our planet into the only one of its kind in the Solar System, if not the entire cosmos
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Earth (Planet) |
BIBSUMMARY:
In this radical new approach to Earth's biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national bestselling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere--of rocks and living matter--has shaped our planet into the only one of its kind in the Solar System, if not the entire cosmos