The Miracle Planet
Author: Bruce Brown
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781853911279
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781853911279
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Bruce Brown
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A 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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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For billions of years, life existed only in the Earth's oceans. But about 350 million years ago, some of those earliest life forms began to explore 'New Frontiers' on land. They could breath oxygen from the air and were able to support their weight on land. And over the next hundred million years, these life forms would spread across the globe. This episode recreates the remarkable adaptation of these animals that first came ashore and reveals the fascinating theories of how and why they did.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There was a moment in Earth's history, about 250 million years ago, when all life nearly disappeared from the planet. Scientists now believe the cuase was an eruption of the Earth's molten core that triggered global climate change. The resulting drop in oxygen levels allowed dinosaurs to rise to supremacy because of their respiratory systems. But in the Earth's continuing cycle of Extinction and Rebirth, they too would suffer a catastrophic end some 150 million years later. This episode follows these gargantuan creatures through life and death and chronicles the early rise of the mammal as the dominant creature on the planet.
Author: John Gribbin
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0141047968
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"In this ground-breaking and provocative new book Gribbin argues that we owe our existence to the impact of a 'supercomet' with Venus 600 million years ago. But this is only part of the story, just one of the astronomical and geophysical reasons why Earth is special. For the first time, he makes the link between the whole series of cosmic events that have affected the Earth and given rise to our intelligent civilization - a civilization, Gribbin argues, that is unique within our Milky Way Galaxy. Even if other Earths are common, and life itself may be common, the kind of intelligent, technological civilization that has emerged on Earth occurs only here. If humankind can survive the present environmental crises, the whole of the galaxy may become our home. And if not, our demise may be an event of literally universal significance"--Publisher's description.
Author: Karen Thompson Walker
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-06-26
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 0679644385
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A stunner.”—Justin Cronin “It’s never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass—it’s the ones you don’t expect at all,” says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change. On an ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia awakes to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer; gravity is affected; the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world that seems filled with danger and loss, Julia also must face surprising developments in herself, and in her personal world—divisions widening between her parents, strange behavior by her friends, the pain and vulnerability of first love, a growing sense of isolation, and a surprising, rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker gives us a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world. “Gripping drama . . . flawlessly written; it could be the most assured debut by an American writer since Jennifer Egan’s Emerald City.”—The Denver Post “Pure magnificence.”—Nathan Englander “Provides solace with its wisdom, compassion, and elegance.”—Curtis Sittenfeld “Riveting, heartbreaking, profoundly moving.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.
Author: Allen C. Moody
Publisher: University Editions
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781560022077
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The human race is here today becuase of its ability to adapt. Our ancestors, the earliest mammals, survived low oxygen levels. Later primates developed sharp eyesight and hands that could clasp ofr nocturnal life in trees. And about six million years ago, fossil evidence in Africa tells us, some primates may have begun to walk upright, perhaps because they were forced out of the trees and into grasslands. Living on Earth truly was 'Survival of the Fittest". This episode walks us down the incredible evolutionary pathway that has brought humans to their dominant position on the planet and openly questions our role in the future development of life on Earth.