Planet Earth: The Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series

Type

Book

Authors

Jonathan Weiner

ISBN 10

0553050966

ISBN 13

9780553050967

Tags

Science, Earth & Nature

Abstract

An interesting journey from the rim of a great meteor crater to the hunt for fossils. Ultimately, bringing us to see this planet not as a hunk of rock in space but much more like a living organism.

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Examines the structure and evolution of the earth, discusses its climate, weather, and natural resources, tells what studies of the sun and the planets reveal about the earth, and describes the probable effects of a nuclear war - from Amazon

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