The Earth by Richard Fortey
A dazzling achievement. Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers.' Bill Bryson The Earth is a true delight: full of awe-inspiring details it blends travel, history, reportage and science to create an unforgettable picture of our ancient earth. Sunday TimesPraise for Richard Fortey’s work:
‘This is not a book for people who like science booksIt is a book for people who love books, and life… [Fortey] has written a wonderful book.’
Tim Radford, Guardian
‘Read this book because it is, indeed, the best natural history of the first four billion years of life on earth.’
John Gribbin, Sunday Times
‘Fortey writes beautifully and this is a wonderful biography of rock and life… He has restored palaeontology to its rightful place in the pantheon.’
Lewis Wolpert, Observer
‘Richard Fortey is a scientist… but his big, rich history of four billion years of evolution is written with an artist’s zest for life and language… Anyone who wants to understand how we came to be here on earth, 4,000,000,000 years after life began, should read this sparkling book.’
Maggie Gee, Daily Telegraph
Richard Fortey retired from his position as senior palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in 2006. He is a well known TV presenter of nature series and the author of several bestselling books, including Fossils: A Key to the Past, The Hidden Landscape which won The Natural World Book of the Year in 1993, Life: An Unauthorised Biography, Trilobite!, The Earth: An Intimate History, Survivors and The Wood for the Trees. He has been elected to be President of the Geological Society of London for its bicentennial year of 2007, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002570114 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002570114 |
| Title | The Earth |
| Author | Richard Fortey |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
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