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The miracle planet

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Gallery Books, 1990 - Science - 257 pages
Provides an illustrated narrative of Earth's 4.6 billion-year history and the progress science is making in deciphering its mysteries.

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User Review  - Chris Brimmer - Goodreads

Skimpy on text, the photography more than makes up for it. The pictures are spectacular. Read full review

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User Review  - Camille Church - Goodreads

To the point and sparks my amazement of scientific aspects of the earth and life. Lots of cool pictures. Read full review

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Contents

The Heat Within
37
Life From The Sea
77
Patterns In The Air
119
Copyright

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About the author (1990)

Brown is the creator of BugNet and the author of numerous books.

Bibliographic information

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TitleThe miracle planet
AuthorsBruce Brown, Lane Morgan
ContributorLane Morgan
PublisherGallery Books, 1990
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized1 Sep 2009
ISBN0831759992, 9780831759995
Length257 pages
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Earth
Science / Earth Sciences / General
Science / Earth Sciences / Geology
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