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Author Knoll, Andrew H., author.

Title A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters / Andrew H. Knoll.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  525 KNO    DUE 05-10-24
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  525 KNO    DUE 05-14-24
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  525 KNO    DUE 06-06-24
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Description 260 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents Chemical Earth -- Physical Earth -- Biological Earth -- Oxygen Earth -- Animal Earth -- Green Earth -- Catastrophic Earth -- Human Earth.
Summary An acclaimed Harvard geologist presents a narrative chronicle of the Earth’s 4.6-billion-year evolution that places the environmental crises of today’s world in a context that explains the planet’s fragile capacity to support life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Subject Earth (Planet) -- Origin.
Life -- Origin.
ISBN 9780062853912 hc.
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