"A splendid introduction to geology and paleontology for the lay reader.
His work has appeared in Scientific American and the Mc Graw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology..
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Macdougall (San Diego, California) is a professor of earth science at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute of the University of California, San Diego, the premier center for earth science research in the U.
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It moves from the origin of the earth\'s iron core to the formation of today\'s seven continents, and from the primordial building blocks of life to the evolution of the human form.
Macdougal demonstrates that he is one of the few." --Earth This exhilarating survey of the four and half billion years of Earth\'s History charts both the geological and biological History of the planet.
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In A Short History of Planet Earth, J.
To compress Earth\'s History into a single, lucidly written volume is a major achievement." --Publishers Weekly, starred review"Few people have both the knowledge and the writing ability to capture such a long and varied History in a compelling manner. "A splendid introduction to geology and paleontology for the lay reader
