R. E. Nisbet

Living Earth

A short history of life and its home

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Produktbeschreibung

Living Earth outlines the history of life on earth, showing how the biosphere and planet have evolved together as a single complex system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-412-53050-0
• 1991.
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780412530500
• ISBN-10: 0412530503
• Artikelnr.: 21565809

Inhaltsangabe

1 In the Abyss of Time.- 1 In the beginning.- 2 The beginning of life.- 3 The Archaean planet.- 2 The Occupation of the Planet.- 4 The variety of life.- 5 Life in the Archaean.- 6 The surface of the Proterozoic Earth.- 7 The birth of the eukaryotes.- 3 The Spread of the Eukaryotes.- 8 The early Palaeozoic explosion and its aftermath.- 9 The changing land.- 10 The rule of the reptiles.- 4 The Modern World.- 11 The new world.- 12 Humanity.- 13 Inhabiting an island.

Rezensionen

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Nisbet's science is accurate and detailed, the illustrations are useful, and the photographs are clear. The text is funny and reads smoothly...very difficult to put down, both because of the humour and because of the clear explanations of issues in so many different fields of study...an excellent textbook for biology, geology, and environmental science majors as well as for other students who do not find science to be the most exciting study of all - Jnl of Geological Education; [The book] is carried off by the author's ability to marshal his own observations and anecdotes and convey them in colorful turns of phrase which make the facts memorable in turn o Proceedings of the Geologists Association