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Title A Brief History of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters / Andrew H. Knoll
Imprint New York, NY : Custom House, 2021
©2021

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 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 4 Naturvetenskap och matematik  551 engelska    DUE 24-04-09  
Descript [10], 260 sidor illustrationer 19 cm
Note How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched atop a mountain range, or roamed by fearsome monsters. Probably most or even all of the above. 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, 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
Subject Historisk geologi
Historical geology
Geology, Stratigraphic
Life -- Origin
Earth (Planet)
Earth (Planet) -- Origin
Classmark 551.7
Udag
ISBN/ISSN 9780062853912 inbunden
0062853910 inbunden
9780063062986 häftad
0063062984 häftad
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