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The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living 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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- ISBN: 9780670023554
- ISBN: 0670023558
- Physical Description: 306 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- 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 -- Epilogue. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 550 HAZ (Text) | 000143256 | Nonfiction | Available | - |