Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney

The Oryx Guide to Natural History

The Earth and All Its Inhabitants

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ideal for librarians, instructors, and students, this superior, one-stop reference guide makes finding answers to natural history questions or doing research a breeze. More than just an answer book on natural history, this unique guide provides understanding into the history of science itself. Readers get rare insight into the beginnings of a scientific event, how it evolved, and who were some of the key scientists along the way. Recent scientific controversies also are included. Covering the history of earth and its living creatures, this special reference contains 30 chapters on topics in geology, oceanography, climatology, meteorology, biology, paleontology, and anthropology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 937g
• ISBN-13: 9781573561594
• ISBN-10: 1573561592
• Artikelnr.: 21127039

Autorenporträt

Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Amphibians Animals Arthropods Atmosphere Bacteria and Viruses Birds
Classification of Organisms Climate and Weather Cytology Dinosaurs Earth
Earthquakes Evolution Extinction Fish Fossils Fungi Genetics Geologic Time
Scale Humans Life Moon Mountains Oceans Plants Protista Reptiles Solar
System Universe Volcanoes Appendix A: Careers in Natural History Appendix
B: Natural History Sites on the World Wide Web Glossary References Index