Cosmos, Earth, and man

By Preston Cloud

Subjects: Evolution, Weltall, Sciences de la vie, Vie, Mensch, Earth sciences, Sciences de la terre, Cosmology, Cosmologie, Life sciences

Description: The story of the do-development of Earth's ir, water, crustal rocks, climate, and life in cosmic prespective as a vantage point from which to view the present and future prospects of mankind. Earth has come to be what it is as theresult of a sequence of historical interactions stretching over billions of years.