Publisher | John Wiley And Sons Ltd |
ISBN 13 | 9781620457108 |
ISBN 10 | 1620457105 |
Book Subtitle | Mountains, Mammals, Fire, And Ice |
Book Description | Four and a half billion years long, Earth's history is the fascinating, magnificent product of creation, transformation, evolution, and extinction. A Short History of Planet Earth chronicles this complex life story in an accessible and thoroughly engaging single volume that charts the geologic and biological life of our dynamic planet. A Short History of Planet Earth, the ideal, concise introduction to earth and life sciences, includes a handy glossary of geologic terms, and forty information-packed illustrations. |
About the Author | J.D. MACDOUGALL (San Diego, California) is a professor of earth science at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute of the University of California, San Diego, the premier center for earth science research in the U.S. His work has appeared in Scientific American and the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. |
Language | English |
Author | J. D. Macdougall |
Publication Date | 28-04-1998 |
Number of Pages | 274 |
A Short History Of Planet Earth: Mountains, Mammals, Fire, And Ice Paperback English by J. D. Macdougall - 28-04-1998