Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 720 pages
- Published by: Prentice Hall
- Edition: 9th Edition February 18, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0131566849
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0131566842
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Book Dimensions:
10.8 x 9 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 3.6 pounds
Product Description
To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challenges–and to evaluate solutions to related problems–the average citizen requirements a basic awareness of the scientific principles that influence our planet. This trusted book makes an often-complex subject accessible to readers with a strong focus on readability and illustrations.
Offers a meaningful, non-technical survey that is informative and up to date for learning basic principles and concepts. Includes a revised and expanded GEODe Earth CD-ROM. Updates and revises art and illustrations to include dozens of new high-quality, photographs carefully selected to aid understanding and add realism. Provides a wealth of new special-interest boxes, including "Earth as a System," "People and the Environment," and "Understanding Earth."
A useful reference for anyone interested in learning more about Earth's geology.
Reader Reviews
I have found reading this text to be an awful lot of fun. Does that sound strange? Learning how the physical features and materials of the Earth came to be has always been fascinating to me. Part of it is because of the vast amounts of time involved, but also because how the descriptions of what has been observed connects so well with what we have come to know. Certainly, there is a lot left to explain, but many things are pretty well documented.
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