Here is the essential guide to the earth sciences, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we figured out how the world works literally. That process has revealed how the planet formed from a disc of dust left behind by the young Sun. It showed how the surface of Earth is in constant but slow motion, driven by the same forces that result in devastating earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Geology has uncovered all this by studying the processes that shape Earth's crust today, here and now, and rewinding the clock to the distant past to retell the story of the planet.
| ISBN: | 9781627951425 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2019 |
| Author: | Tom Jackson |
| Publisher: | Shelter Harbor Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Ponderables : 100 Breakthroughs That Changed History |
| Genres: |
Earth sciences |