Thinking about the Earth

Thinking about the Earth
Author: David Roger Oldroyd
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780674883826

Thinking about the Earth is a history of the geological tradition of Western science. David Oldroyd traverses such topics as "mechanical" and "historicist" views of the earth, map-work, chemical analyses of rocks and minerals, geomorphology, experimental petrology, seismology, theories of mountain building, and geochemistry.

Origin and Evolution of Earth

Origin and Evolution of Earth
Author: Kent C. Condie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Examples are the nature of Earth's oldest rocks, the origin of continents, extraterrestrial impact and mass extinctions of organisms, rates of organic evolution, and recent developments on the origin of humans.

The Nation

The Nation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 718
Release: 1886
Genre: Current events
ISBN:

A Brief History of Life on Earth

A Brief History of Life on Earth
Author: Clémence Dupont
Publisher: Prestel
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-11
Genre: Adaptation (Biology)
ISBN: 9783791373737

The story of life on earth unfolds in dramatic fashion in this amazing concertina picture book that takes readers from 4.6 billion years ago to the present day. Fully expanded to 8 meters (26 feet), this spectacular visual timeline is a very impressive panorama that reveals evolution in all its glory. Full color.