The Miracle PlanetA richly illustrated portrait of the earth drawn by major scientists. Examines the processes that have shaped our planet into a home for life and the forces that cloud it's future. This book gives a unified narrative of Earth's 4.6 billion-year history and the progress science is making in decyphering its mysteries. |
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... dinosaurs , along with more than half the other known animal species on Earth , marks the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods . Paleontologists have shortened the term to " K - T boundary . " In the Tertiary period the ...
... dinosaurs , along with more than half the other known animal species on Earth , marks the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods . Paleontologists have shortened the term to " K - T boundary . " In the Tertiary period the ...
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... dinosaurs is still being debated . The controversy continues to attract an unusual degree of public attention . In the process , it also highlights the practice of science in ways both inspiring and unsettling . It is the job of science ...
... dinosaurs is still being debated . The controversy continues to attract an unusual degree of public attention . In the process , it also highlights the practice of science in ways both inspiring and unsettling . It is the job of science ...
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... dinosaurs ; second great dispersal of insects ; angiosperms arise and expand as gymnosperms decline Collision forming Manicouagan ; dinosaurs abundant ; first birds ; gymnosperms ( esp . cycads and conifers ) still dominant ; last of ...
... dinosaurs ; second great dispersal of insects ; angiosperms arise and expand as gymnosperms decline Collision forming Manicouagan ; dinosaurs abundant ; first birds ; gymnosperms ( esp . cycads and conifers ) still dominant ; last of ...
Contents
THE HEAT WITHIN | 37 |
LIFE FROM THE SEA | 77 |
RIDDLES OF SAND AND ICE | 163 |
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