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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2012
Print publication year:
1994
Online ISBN:
9781139174114
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139174114
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics
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Book description

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.

Reviews

‘ a chatty account of Earth evolution … It deserves to become a classic.’

Source: 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.’

Source: 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.’

Source: Modern Geology

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