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A BRIEF HISTORY OF EARTH - ANDREW H KNOLL GEBUNDEN

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).

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