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

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  • Temps de fonctionnement: 05:01 hrs
    Voix de: Tom Parks
    Publisher:
    HarperAudio, 2021
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Temps de fonctionnement: 05:01 hrs
    Voix de: Tom Parks
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component

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  • Contributor: Parks, Tom
    Date:
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    2021
    Summary:

    How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard's acclaimed geologist."A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED reviewOdds 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.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

    Contents:
    • Chemical Earth
    • Physical Earth
    • Biological Earth
    • Oxygen Earth
    • Animal Earth
    • Green Earth
    • Catastrophic Earth
    • Human Earth.
    Original Publisher: New York, HarperAudio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 0062853945, 9780062853943