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A Brief History of Earth
Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Buch von Andrew H. Knoll
Sprache: Englisch

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Harvard's acclaimed geologist ?charts Earth's history in accessible style? (AP)

?A sublime chronicle of our planet." ?Booklist, STARRED review

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.

Features original illustrations depicting Earth history and nearly 50 figures (maps, tables, photographs, graphs).

Harvard's acclaimed geologist ?charts Earth's history in accessible style? (AP)

?A sublime chronicle of our planet." ?Booklist, STARRED review

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.

Features original illustrations depicting Earth history and nearly 50 figures (maps, tables, photographs, graphs).

Über den Autor

Andrew H. Knoll is the Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University. His honors include the International Prize for Biology, the Charles Doolittle Walcott and the Mary Clark Thompson Medals of the National Academy of Sciences, the Paleontological Society Medal, and the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London. For nearly two decades he served on the science team for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission. Knoll is also the author of Life on a Young Planet, for which he received the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science.

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Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780062853912
ISBN-10: 0062853910
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Hardcover
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Knoll, Andrew H.
Hersteller: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Custom House
Mariner Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 20 b/w images
Maße: 189 x 143 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew H. Knoll
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 118825333
Über den Autor

Andrew H. Knoll is the Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University. His honors include the International Prize for Biology, the Charles Doolittle Walcott and the Mary Clark Thompson Medals of the National Academy of Sciences, the Paleontological Society Medal, and the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London. For nearly two decades he served on the science team for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission. Knoll is also the author of Life on a Young Planet, for which he received the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Geologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780062853912
ISBN-10: 0062853910
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Hardcover
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Knoll, Andrew H.
Hersteller: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Custom House
Mariner Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 20 b/w images
Maße: 189 x 143 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew H. Knoll
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 118825333
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