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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:

First edition.

Publisher:

Custom House,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Subject:

Earth (Planet)--Origin.
Life--Origin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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:

0062853910
9780062853912

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1245424941

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