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A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters  Cover Image Book Book

A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters / Andrew H. Knoll.

Knoll, Andrew H., (author.).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062853912 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0062853910 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Custom House, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth.
Subject: Earth (Planet) > Origin.
Life > Origin.
Ecology.
Geology.
Earth sciences.
Nature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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