Andrew H. Knoll - A Earth short history - Négymilliárd year nyolc fejezetben

A rolling sea of ​​lava or heavy sheets of ice may once have covered the land we are treading on, but it is also possible that it was shaken by a meteor impact, covered by poisonous gases, weighed down by ocean water, or just formed a peak at the top of a mountain range. It may have been trampled by terrifying creatures. All of this could have happened one after the other before our feet left a mark on it. The history of the planet that is our home and the creatures that populate its surface surpasses all our imaginations. Earth's past, rich in twists and turns, is more exciting than even the most complicated crime stories. However, scientists have only recently begun to piece together the mosaic pieces of our planet's mysterious chronicle. Andrew H. Knoll, the renowned geologist, draws on his many decades of fieldwork and up-to-the-minute knowledge of the latest scientific results to outline the more than four billion-year history of our mother planet and presents us with a rigorously accurate, yet enjoyable biography of the Earth. The professor of Earth Sciences and Planetology at Harvard University presents the history of our planet with humor and astonishing simplicity, while explaining the significance of climate change in the twenty-first century in a broader context, and also sheds light on where we came from and where we are going. With his book, he draws attention to the profound changes caused by human activity in the living world. The interest and goal of all people should be to protect our four-billion-year-old home, the Earth.