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The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet / Robert M. Hazen.

Hazen, Robert M., (Author).
  • Description: 306 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Viking,
  • ISBN: 9780670023554
  • ISBN: 0670023558

Available copies

  • 3 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

Current holds

0 current holds with 8 total copies.

Library Location Call Number Status Due Date
Danvers New Books NEW QE 501 H325 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
Gloucester Adult New Books New 550/Hazen (Text to phone) Checked out 08/30/2012
Gordon College Lobby New Book QE 501 .H325 2012 (Text to phone) Checked out 06/12/2013
Marblehead Adult Nonfiction 550 HAZEN 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
Salem Adult Non-Fiction 550/HAZEN (Text to phone) Checked out 05/28/2013
Stoneham Adult Nonfiction Mezzanine 550 HAZ (Text to phone) Checked out 05/31/2013
Swampscott Thomson Room 550 H (Text to phone) Available -
Wakefield Adult NEW Nonfiction (Across from Circulation Desk) 550 Hazen (Text to phone) Checked out 04/25/2013

Contents: Birth : the formation of Earth -- The Big Thwack : the formation of the moon -- Black Earth : the first basalt crust -- Blue Earth : the formation of the oceans -- Gray Earth : the first granite crust -- Living Earth : the origins of life -- Red Earth : photosynthesis and the Great Oxidation Event -- The "boring" billion : the mineral revolution -- White Earth : the snowball-hothouse cycle -- Green Earth : the rise of the terrestrial biosphere -- The future : scenarios of a changing planet.
Summary: In this radical new approach to Earth's biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national bestselling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere--of rocks and living matter--has shaped our planet into the only one of its kind in the Solar System, if not the entire cosmos.
Notes: Includes index.

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