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Hazen, Robert M., 1948-
Earth (Planet).
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The
story
of
Earth
: the
first
4
.5
billion
years
, from
stardust
to
living
planet
/ Robert M. Hazen.
by
Hazen, Robert M., 1948-
Viking, 2012.
Call #:
550 H429s
Subjects
Earth
(
Planet
).
ISBN:
9780670023554 (hc.)
0670023558 (hc.)
Description:
306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
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
.
Summary:
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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