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A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

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  • Create Date：2021-05-08 03:19:50
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Andrew H. Knoll
  • ISBN：0062853910
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Reviews

Paleoanthro ，

A remarkable， well-written， and enlightening read that brings to the forefront the interplay of biology and geology on live on Earth。 In an engaging style， Knoll highlights how our changing environment， brought on by human action， will led to mass extinction and environmental disturbances that will impact everyone on the planet。 The evidence is in the geological record and highlights what will happen as the Earth continues to warm， as it has happened before。 A short， but very informative read th A remarkable， well-written， and enlightening read that brings to the forefront the interplay of biology and geology on live on Earth。 In an engaging style， Knoll highlights how our changing environment， brought on by human action， will led to mass extinction and environmental disturbances that will impact everyone on the planet。 The evidence is in the geological record and highlights what will happen as the Earth continues to warm， as it has happened before。 A short， but very informative read that is highly recommended for everyone！ 。。。more

Jason Furman ，

This was a nice， breezy tour of everything from the formation of the earth， its early geologic history， to the emergence of life， the transformation of the atmosphere， mass extinctions， animals， and humans。 It begins and ends with a plea on climate change and the environment。 All of it felt up-to-date and reliable， nice pictures and tables， but more of a review than any sort of original argument or synthesis。 Not a criticism， just makes it more workmanlike useful to read than especially memorabl This was a nice， breezy tour of everything from the formation of the earth， its early geologic history， to the emergence of life， the transformation of the atmosphere， mass extinctions， animals， and humans。 It begins and ends with a plea on climate change and the environment。 All of it felt up-to-date and reliable， nice pictures and tables， but more of a review than any sort of original argument or synthesis。 Not a criticism， just makes it more workmanlike useful to read than especially memorable。 。。。more

Kathleen Gray ，

I'm not a scientist nor do I have a particularly good understanding of geology so this - this was an eye opener。 Knoll has written an accessible， informative， and instructive book about， well， how the earth was formed。 He explores the intersection between biology and geology。 The first half of this relatively slim volume is about rocks （for want of a better word） but it then moves into dinosaurs， mammals， and how man must make changes in order to preserve。 It's not polemic， btw， but informative。 I'm not a scientist nor do I have a particularly good understanding of geology so this - this was an eye opener。 Knoll has written an accessible， informative， and instructive book about， well， how the earth was formed。 He explores the intersection between biology and geology。 The first half of this relatively slim volume is about rocks （for want of a better word） but it then moves into dinosaurs， mammals， and how man must make changes in order to preserve。 It's not polemic， btw， but informative。 I admit to reading this in bits because of the subject matter but it's not dry and it's totally accessible。 Thanks to edelweiss for the ARC。 Excellent read。 。。。more

Andréa ，

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss。

Joe Jones ，

A slim volume to cover such a long time period and yet I still felt I learned a lot。 Perfect for anyone interested in how the earth came to be and its evolution。