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The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet Cover Image Book Book
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The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet

Hazen, Robert M. 1948- (author.).

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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  • ISBN: 0143123645
  • ISBN: 9780143123644
  • Physical Description: 306 pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm
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  • Publisher: New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2013.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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Pottsville Free Public Library YA 551.7 H (Text) 30003009010750 Young Adult Available -
Hughes Library 551.7 HAZ (Text) 32378004363539 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Pocono Mountain Public Library 551.7 Haz (Text) 35540000049665 PMPL 2nd Floor Non-Fiction Available -
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