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Author:

Knoll, Andrew H., author.

Title:

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

Edition:

Large print edition.
First Harper large print edition.

Publisher:

Harper Large Print

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

266 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Earth (Planet)--Origin.
Life--Origin.
Large type books.

Contents:

Human Earth. Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth.

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.

ISBN:

0063062984
9780063062986

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1245491133

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)