A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters
AUTHOR:
Knoll, Andrew H.
ISBN:
9780062853912
EDITION:
First edition.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York, NY : Custom House, c2021.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
260 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm
CONTENTS:
Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth.
ABSTRACT:
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.
SUBJECT:
| Life -- Origin. |
| Ecology. |
| Geology. |
| Earth sciences. |
| Nature. |
| Biology. |
| Geology, Stratigraphic. |
| Historical geology. |
| Earth (Planet) -- Origin. |
| Earth (Planet) |
BIBSUMMARY:
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."--