The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet / Robert M. Hazen.
By: Hazen, Robert M
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TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2012General Notes: Includes index.Description: 306 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780670023554; 0670023558.Subject(s): Earth (PlanetDDC classification: 550 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 550 H338 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003135563 |
Includes index.
Birth : the formation of Earth -- The Big Thwack : the formation of the moon -- Black Earth : the first basalt crust -- Blue Earth : the formation of the oceans -- Gray Earth : the first granite crust -- Living Earth : the origins of life -- Red Earth : photosynthesis and the Great Oxidation Event -- The "boring" billion : the mineral revolution -- White Earth : the snowball-hothouse cycle -- Green Earth : the rise of the terrestrial biosphere -- The future : scenarios of a changing planet.
In this radical new approach to Earth's biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national bestselling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere--of rocks and living matter--has shaped our planet into the only one of its kind in the Solar System, if not the entire cosmos.
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