Download or read book Uncovering Earth s History written by Kate Boehm Nyquist and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Uncovering Earth s History written by Glen Phelan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains an introduction to paleontology, how fossils tell us about climate, events, and life on Earth thousands of years ago.
Download or read book Earth s Deep History written by Martin J. S. Rudwick and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Tells the story . . . of how ‘natural philosophers’ developed the ideas of geology accepted today . . . Fascinating.” —San Francisco Book Review Earth has been witness to dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, and comets and asteroids crashing, as well as the birth of humans who are curious to understand it. But how was all this discovered? How was the evidence for it collected and interpreted? In this sweeping and accessible book, Martin J. S. Rudwick, the premier historian of the Earth sciences, tells the gripping human story of the gradual realization that the Earth’s history has not only been long but also astonishingly eventful. Rudwick begins in the seventeenth century with Archbishop James Ussher, who famously dated the creation of the cosmos to 4004 BC. His narrative later turns to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when geological evidence was used—and is still being used—to reconstruct a history of the Earth that is as varied and unpredictable as human history. itself. Along the way, Rudwick rejects the popular view of this story as a conflict between science and religion and shows how the modern scientific account of the Earth’s deep history retains strong roots in Judeo-Christian ideas. Extensively illustrated, Earth’s Deep History is an engaging and impressive capstone to Rudwick’s distinguished career. “Deftly explains how ideas of natural history were embedded in cultural history.” —Nature “An engaging read for nonscientists and specialists alike.” —Library Journal “Wonderfully erudite and absorbing.” —Times Literary Supplement “Fascinating, well written, and novel . . . Essential.” —Choice “Thrilling.” —London Review of Books
Download or read book Geology written by James Geikie and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geology is an elementary science manual by James Geikie. Geikie was a Scottish geologist and a professor of geology at Edinburgh University. Excerpt: "1. Definition.—Geology is the science of the origin and development of the structure of the earth. It treats of the nature and mode of formation of the various materials of which the earth's crust is composed; it seeks to discover what mutations of land and water, and what changes of climate, have supervened during the past; it endeavours to trace the history of the multitudinous tribes of plants and animals which have successively tenanted our globe. In a word, Geology is the Physical Geography of past ages. 2. Rocks.—Every one knows that the crust of the earth is composed of very various substances, some of which are hard and crystalline in texture, like granite; others less indurated and non-crystalline, such as sandstone, chalk, shale, &c.; while yet others are more or less soft and incoherent masses, as gravel, sand, clay, peat, &c. Now, all these heterogeneous materials, whether they be hard or soft, compact or loose, granular or crystalline, are termed rocks. Blowing sand-dunes, alluvial silt and sand, and even peat, are, geologically speaking, rocks, just as much as basalt or any indurated building-stone. The variety of rocks is very great, but we do not study these long before we become aware that many kinds which present numerous contrasts in detail, yet possess certain characters in common. And this not only groups these diverse species together, but serves also to distinguish them from other species of rock, which in like manner are characterised by the presence of some prevalent generic feature or features."
Download or read book The Missing Lands written by Freddy Silva and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Freddy Silva re-examines the world traditions and discovers an ancient pre-flood civilization of master seafarers, astronomers and magicians, their monuments and traditions, and a previously unknown island nation where the antediluvian gods lived before it sank. With emphasis on New Zealand, the Pacific, Andes and Middle East.
Download or read book A Brief History of Earth written by Andrew H. Knoll and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP) “A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched atop a mountain range, or roamed by fearsome monsters. Probably most or even all of the above. The story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller. But only recently have we begun to piece together the whole mystery into a coherent narrative. Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we’ve been and where we’re going. Features original illustrations depicting Earth history and nearly 50 figures (maps, tables, photographs, graphs).
Download or read book Fossils Rocks and Time written by Lucy E. Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Major Events in the History of Life written by J. William Schopf and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1992 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major Events in the History of Life, present six chapters that summarize our understanding of crucial events that shaped the development of the earth's environment and the course of biological evolution over some four billion years of geological time. The subjects are covered by acknowledged leaders in their fields span an enormous sweep of biologic history, from the formation of planet Earth and the origin of living systems to our earliest records of human activity. Several chapters present new data and new syntheses, or summarized results of new types of analysis, material not usually available in current college textbooks.
Download or read book Uncovering the Past written by William H. Stiebing and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on the development of archaeology as a discipline, tracing the milestones in the evolution of systematic excavation. It covers the entire history of archaeology from the "heroic age" (1450-1925), to the advanced stages of archaeology beg
Download or read book How to Build a Habitable Planet written by Charles H. Langmuir and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang through the rise of human civilization. This classic account of how our habitable planet was assembled from the stuff of stars introduced readers to planetary, Earth, and climate science by way of a fascinating narrative. Now this great book has been made even better. Harvard geochemist Charles Langmuir has worked closely with the original author, Wally Broecker, one of the world's leading Earth scientists, to revise and expand the book for a new generation of readers for whom active planetary stewardship is becoming imperative. Interweaving physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology, this sweeping account tells Earth’s complete story, from the synthesis of chemical elements in stars, to the formation of the Solar System, to the evolution of a habitable climate on Earth, to the origin of life and humankind. The book also addresses the search for other habitable worlds in the Milky Way and contemplates whether Earth will remain habitable as our influence on global climate grows. It concludes by considering the ways in which humankind can sustain Earth’s habitability and perhaps even participate in further planetary evolution. Like no other book, How to Build a Habitable Planet provides an understanding of Earth in its broadest context, as well as a greater appreciation of its possibly rare ability to sustain life over geologic time. Leading schools that have ordered, recommended for reading, or adopted this book for course use: Arizona State University Brooklyn College CUNY Columbia University Cornell University ETH Zurich Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Luther College Northwestern University Ohio State University Oxford Brookes University Pan American University Rutgers University State University of New York at Binghamton Texas A&M University Trinity College Dublin University of Bristol University of California-Los Angeles University of Cambridge University Of Chicago University of Colorado at Boulder University of Glasgow University of Leicester University of Maine, Farmington University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Georgia University of Nottingham University of Oregon University of Oxford University of Portsmouth University of Southampton University of Ulster University of Victoria University of Wyoming Western Kentucky University Yale University
Download or read book Life s Engines written by Paul G. Falkowski and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marvelous microbes that made life on Earth possible and support our very existence For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these marvelous creatures made life on Earth possible—and how human life today would cease to exist without them. Paul Falkowski looks "under the hood" of microbes to find the engines of life, the actual working parts that do the biochemical heavy lifting for every living organism on Earth. With insight and humor, he explains how these miniature engines are built—and how they have been appropriated by and assembled like Lego sets within every creature that walks, swims, or flies. Falkowski shows how evolution works to maintain this core machinery of life, and how we and other animals are veritable conglomerations of microbes. A vibrantly entertaining book about the microbes that support our very existence, Life's Engines will inspire wonder about these elegantly complex nanomachines that have driven life since its origin. It also issues a timely warning about the dangers of tinkering with that machinery to make it more "efficient" at meeting the ever-growing demands of humans in the coming century.
Download or read book A History of Life in 100 Fossils written by Paul D. Taylor and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Life in 100 Fossils showcases 100 key fossils that together illustrate the evolution of life on earth. Iconic specimens have been selected from the renowned collections of the two premier natural history museums in the world, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and the Natural History Museum, London. The fossils have been chosen not only for their importance in the history of life, but also because of the visual story they tell. This stunning book is perfect for all readers because its clear explanations and beautiful photographs illuminate the significance of these amazing pieces, including 500 million-year-old Burgess Shale fossils that provide a window into early animal life in the sea, insects encapsulated by amber, the first fossil bird Archaeopteryx, and the remains of our own ancestors.
Download or read book The Earth s Beginning written by Robert S. Ball and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earth's Beginning by Robert S. Ball: Take a captivating journey back in time as Robert S. Ball unravels the mysteries of our planet's origin. "The Earth's Beginning" delves into the geological history and scientific discoveries that led to our current understanding of Earth's formation. With a blend of scientific knowledge and storytelling, Ball transports readers to the distant past, exploring the forces that shaped our world and the fascinating events that set the stage for life to thrive. Key Aspects of the Book "The Earth's Beginning": Geological Evolution: Ball provides a comprehensive exploration of Earth's geological evolution, shedding light on the processes that shaped its early history. Paleontological Insights: The book offers valuable insights into the study of fossils and their significance in understanding Earth's ancient past. The Origins of Life: "The Earth's Beginning" delves into the conditions that gave rise to life on our planet, exploring the intriguing link between geological processes and the emergence of life. Robert S. Ball was a prominent Irish astronomer and mathematician known for his contributions to the field of science. Born in 1840, Ball's passion for astronomy led him to become one of the leading authorities on celestial bodies and their movements. His works on the formation of the Earth and the cosmos brought complex scientific concepts to a wider audience, making astronomy accessible and engaging for readers of all backgrounds. In "The Earth's Beginning," Ball's insightful narration and meticulous research allow readers to glimpse the distant origins of our planet, unveiling the beauty and complexity of Earth's history.
Download or read book Discovering Earth s Final Frontier written by United States. President's Panel on Ocean Exploration and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How the Earth Was Formed written by Max B. Frederick and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares knowledge of pre-historic things from two dissimilar sources. One source is ancient, the other modern. It presents knowledge from both sources in chronological order and shows the remarkable similarity demonstrating the fact the ancient source of knowledge had it right long before modern science discovered the same things. The first source is the written record in ancient scriptures of the bible. The second source is the evidence that is recorded in geology and astronomy. This information is presented here as a timeline of how everything around us came to be what it is today. Before the beginning of the twentieth century, around the year 1900, nobody knew that "And the Earth was without form and void. And Darkness was upon the face of the deep..." The second verse of the bible, Genesis 1:2 (KJV) was an introduction to several biblical accounts that told the same story as this book tells. Scientists back then had no knowledge of the specific event it was referring to. That event, and the circumstances around it, had not yet been discovered by modern science and the long ago understanding of what it meant had long since been lost and the verse was simply preserved and carried along as some religious theobabble by dedicated theologians. Theologians did not recognize it for what it said. They did not even imagine such an event was in the history of our planet. They assumed it referred to something else. This and many other biblical references referring to the same thing appeared to talk of water covering the earth. Theologians assumed they were references to the flood of Noah. They did not even suspect they referred to an earlier more significant event that is now becoming realized by modern science. Scientists did not understand the significance of the event that verse referred to. Little did they know that the continents are temporary in the sense of the long run. Little did they know that the continents are floating, buoyed up by the mantle below. Little did they know that there had been a time when the entire surface of this planet had been covered with water before the continents were formed. It is the dry land of those continents that verse refers to, not the planet earth. It should be obvious. The bible itself defines the word earth, to be the dry land. It is described in detail in the ancient scriptures: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so. And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good. Gen 1:9,10 You see, the word "Earth" seen in the second verse of the bible, does not refer to the planet, but to the solid surface parts of the planet as opposed to the oceans. It refers to the "dry land" of the continents. At one time in the history of our planet, the "earth" was not formed into the dry land of the continents. And now it is. Currently, only about 29 percent of the surface of out planet is above sea level. The continents are isolated piles of earth piled up over three miles high above the sea floor. That leaves the rest of the solid surface of the planet-about 71 percent of it, to be a sea floor an average of over two and a half miles below sea level. It was a big deal, and still is. As of yet, the mechanism that caused the "forming of the earth,"-the gathering of the dry land into continents, - is still little understood. That mechanism still operates today, keeping the dry land piled up into continents so they do not spread out over the sea floor under the ocean. It is a situation that is unique to our planet alone among other nearby heavenly bodies studied by scientists.
Download or read book Earth s Changing Surface written by Conrad J. Storad and published by Britannica Digital Learning. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early readers examine how volcanoes, earthquakes, and erosion change the surface of the Earth.
Download or read book Hack the Planet written by Eli Kintisch and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside tour of the incredible—and probably dangerous—plans to counteract the effects of climate change through experiments that range from the plausible to the fantastic David Battisti had arrived in Cambridge expecting a bloodbath. So had many of the other scientists who had joined him for an invitation-only workshop on climate science in 2007, with geoengineering at the top of the agenda. We can't take deliberately altering the atmosphere seriously, he thought, because there’s no way we'll ever know enough to control it. But by the second day, with bad climate news piling on bad climate news, he was having second thoughts. When the scientists voted in a straw poll on whether to support geoengineering research, Battisti, filled with fear about the future, voted in favor. While the pernicious effects of global warming are clear, efforts to reduce the carbon emissions that cause it have fallen far short of what’s needed. Some scientists have started exploring more direct and radical ways to cool the planet, such as: Pouring reflective pollution into the upper atmosphere Making clouds brighter Growing enormous blooms of algae in the ocean Schemes that were science fiction just a few years ago have become earnest plans being studied by alarmed scientists, determined to avoid a climate catastrophe. In Hack the Planet, Science magazine reporter Eli Kintisch looks more closely at this array of ideas and characters, asking if these risky schemes will work, and just how geoengineering is changing the world. Scientists are developing geoengineering techniques for worst-case scenarios. But what would those desperate times look like? Kintisch outlines four circumstances: collapsing ice sheets, megadroughts, a catastrophic methane release, and slowing of the global ocean conveyor belt. As incredible and outlandish as many of these plans may seem, could they soon become our only hope for avoiding calamity? Or will the plans of brilliant and well-intentioned scientists cause unforeseeable disasters as they play out in the real world? And does the advent of geoengineering mean that humanity has failed in its role as steward of the planet—or taken on a new responsibility? Kintisch lays out the possibilities and dangers of geoengineering in a time of planetary tipping points. His investigation is required reading as the debate over global warming shifts to whether humanity should Hack the Planet.
