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"A splendid introduction to geology and paleontology for the lay reader. To compress Earth′s history into a single, lucidly written volume is a major achievement."––Publishers Weekly, starred review.
"Few people have both the knowledge and the writing ability to capture such a long and varied history in a compelling manner. In A Short History of Planet Earth, J.D. Macdougal demonstrates that he is one of the few."––Earth.
This exhilarating survey of the four and half billion years of Earth′s history charts both the geological and biological history of the planet. It moves from the origin of the earth′s iron core to the formation of today′s seven continents, and from the primordial building blocks of life to the evolution of the human form.
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.
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Critical acclaim for A SHORT HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH
"To compress Earth′s history into a single, lucidly written volume is a major achievement." ––Publishers Weekly.
"If you want a readable and up–to–date account of what′s known about Earth, this will do nicely." ––Focus.
"Few people have both the knowledge and the writing ability to capture such a long and varied history in a compelling manner. In A Short History of Planet Earth, J. D. Macdougall demonstrates that he is one of the few. The author excels in explaining the complex interaction between the geologic and biologic aspects of our planet′s history." ––Earth.
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"A splendid introduction to geology and paleontology for the lay reader. To compress Earth′s history into a single, lucidly written volume is a major achievement."––Publishers Weekly, starred review.
"Few people have both the knowledge and the writing ability to capture such a long and varied history in a compelling manner. In A Short History of Planet Earth, J.D. Macdougal demonstrates that he is one of the few."––Earth.
This exhilarating survey of the four and half billion years of Earth′s history charts both the geological and biological history of the planet. It moves from the origin of the earth′s iron core to the formation of today′s seven continents, and from the primordial building blocks of life to the evolution of the human form.
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.
From the Back Cover
Critical acclaim for A SHORT HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH
"To compress Earth′s history into a single, lucidly written volume is a major achievement." ––Publishers Weekly.
"If you want a readable and up–to–date account of what′s known about Earth, this will do nicely." ––Focus.
"Few people have both the knowledge and the writing ability to capture such a long and varied history in a compelling manner. In A Short History of Planet Earth, J. D. Macdougall demonstrates that he is one of the few. The author excels in explaining the complex interaction between the geologic and biologic aspects of our planet′s history." ––Earth.
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IN THE MIDDLE of the seventeenth century, James Ussher, a widely respected scholar and prelate of Anglican Church in Ireland and England, calculated that the earth was created in the year 4004 B.C. Read the first page
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IN THE MIDDLE of the seventeenth century, James Ussher, a widely respected scholar and prelate of Anglican Church in Ireland and England, calculated that the earth was created in the year 4004 B.C. Read the first page
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