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Earth Time: Exploring the Deep Past from Victorian England to the Grand Canyon

by Douglas Palmer

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The dramatic history of planet Earth and the rocky road to understanding the past A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have attempted to understand its origins. Full of fascinating ... Read more
The dramatic history of planet Earth and the rocky road to understanding the past
  • A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have attempted to understand its origins.
  • Full of fascinating anecdotes about 19th century explorers and natural philosophers who first carved up Earth''s history just as others were carving up the globe.
  • Unravels the fascinating history of rock strata and the implications they have had on accepted theories on the Earth''s life.
  • Considers the future of the earth, and what a repeat of some of the catastrophic events of the earth''s past, such as major earthquakes and asteroid collisions, could mean for life today.
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File size7.5 X 6.1 X 1.02 in
Print pages358
PublisherWiley
Publication date May 27, 2005
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780470022214
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Douglas Palmer
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Douglas Palmer is a freelance science writer who has written 10 books on prehistory and has been a major contributor to another 6. He teaches for Robinson College of Cambridge University on the Natura...

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