The Earth Through Time

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 616 pages
• Published by: Wiley
• Edition: 8th Edition October 28, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471697435
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471697435
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 2.6 pounds

Product Description
This best-selling historical geology text provides an great balance of basic geology and paleontology.  The new eighth edition provides rich, authoritative coverage of the history of the Earth, offering the most comprehensive history in the discipline today.  It maintains its strong approach to stratigraphy and paleontology that other texts have lost.  The text's paleogeographic maps are great in detail and are a vital component in understanding the earth's history.

Back Cover Copy
Experience a story of remarkable events and extraordinary creatures

Seafloors thrust up to form mountain ranges, earthquakes, continents broken apart, fiery floods of lava, mass extinctions… No it’s not the latest blockbuster movie; it’s the story of our planet Earth––a story filled with remarkable events and extraordinary creatures.

In The Earth Through Time, Eighth Edition, Harold Levin continues to bring the fascinating story of the Earth’s geological history to life. Levin’s stimulating, highly visual, comprehensive, and thought-provoking approach to historical geology promotes a spirit of intellectual curiosity. Levin explains how the Earth was born, how it has changed through eons of time, what caused the changes, how those changes affected life in the Earth’s geologic past, and how geologists "read the rocks" to write the Earth's history.

Now updated and revised with many new photographs and graphics, the new Eighth Edition is now even more lively, accessible, and engaging than ever before.

FEATURES

• Stunning artwork that brings the ancient world to life. In addition, the text is richly illustrated with geologic block diagrams, cross-sections, stratigraphic maps, paleogeographic maps, and phylogenetic trees.
• Balanced coverage of basic geology and paleontology, with a strong approach to stratigraphy and paleontology.
• Emphasizes questions about past geologic events and the processes used in finding answers.
• Integrated approach to the Earth’s systems––the solid Earth, the atmosphere, and the biosphere.
• Geology of National Parks boxes encourage readers to visit these parks to appreciate their geological significance.
• A companion website(www.wiley.com/college/levin), including hot links, quizzes, student study guide, and chapter tutorials.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Earth Through Time (Hardcover) I first used the 4th Edition, at Marshall University, Huntington, WV. The 7th Edition is an excellent textbook, it covers all the basics of paleo, and geology. Also, it keeps abreast of the latest in geological research. It is use in 3 colleges, in the immediate area. Also, the study guide will assist in a better grasp of the materials. Recomend it to any one that wants a better understanding of earth. I ordered mine through asane@memphis.edu Comment | | (Report this)