A Short History of Planet Earth by Jd Macdougall

A Short History of Planet Earth by Jd Macdougall

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This 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.

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A Short History of Planet Earth by Jd Macdougall

This 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 is Director of the Program in Earth Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of over one hundred articles in leading professional journals, including Scientific American, and has contributed to the McGraw--Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
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ISBN 13 9780471197034
ISBN 10 0471197033
Title A Short History of Planet Earth
Author Jd Macdougall
Series Wiley Popular Science
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1998-04-13
Number of pages 272
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