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New Views on an Old Planet

Tjeerd H van Andel author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Oct '94

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This 1994 book provides a historical account of the global change.

In this revised 1994 edition of his award-winning book on the Earth's history, Professor van Andel updates and expands his earlier text drawing on a wealth of new knowledge. In concise and compelling prose, this book provides a historical account of the global change.In this 1994 revised edition of his award-winning book on the Earth's history, Professor van Andel updates and expands his earlier text, drawing on a wealth of new knowledge that has become available in the last decade. This book examines the major changes in the Earth's history - the evolution of the solid Earth, the changing oceans and atmospheres and the progression of life - to render a historical account of the Earth's evolution. Much knowledge was gained in the previous decade, and while little material has been deleted, this new edition has grown to cover the key topics, including a chapter on how we can improve our grasp on geological time. Mindful of the current interest in global change, new sections describe the green-house effect and address its possible future ramifications. In prose that is both concise and compelling, New Views on an Old Planet: A History of Global Change makes Earth history appealing to the general reader. It will serve as an excellent text for introductory courses in the earth and environmental sciences.

' a chatty account of Earth evolution … It deserves to become a classic.' New Scientist
'This book is certainly enjoyable to read and it covers the subject at the right pace and overall to exactly the depth needed for the reader for whom it is written … It should be a necessity for any introductory earth science course. I thoroughly recommend it.' Geoscientist
Review from 1st edition 'Professor van Andel writes in a very clear concise style, conveying ideas by use of clever and original analogies, frequently injected with a little humour whenever things start to become a bit too abstruse.' Modern Geology

ISBN: 9780521447553

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm

Weight: 790g

458 pages

2nd Revised edition