Planet Earth

A Beginner's Guide

John R. Gribbin

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English

One World
30 January 2012

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Earth sciences; The Earth: natural history general

Series: Beginner's Guides

Planet Earth: A Beginner’s Guide is an expedition into the origins,

evolution, and workings of our home planet in which John Gribbin does

what he does best: takes 4.5 billion years of geological history and

digs out the essential bits, from the physics of Newton and the geology

of Wegener to the environmentalism of Lovelock. Along the journey, he

uses stories from history and more current events to bring the science

to a human level. Gribbin's introductory guidebook — very much a first

step into geology and geography for the uninitiated — is filled with his

lively voice and unique view, as he takes on the subject of the Earth

from an astronomer's perspective.

By: John R. Gribbin
Imprint: One World
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9781851688289
ISBN 10: 1851688285
Series: Beginner's Guides
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 January 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Gribbin is the bestselling author of In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, The Scientists, Deep Simplicity, and In Search of the Multiverse. He trained as an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge and is currently Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex, UK.

Reviews for Planet Earth: A Beginner's Guide

"""Concisely, authoritatively, and very clearly, John Gribbin has produced an engaging and very up-to-date picture of how the Earth and its organisms have developed over time. A wonderful narrative.""-- ""Andrew Goudie - Emeritus Professor in Geography at the University of Oxford"" ""Here really is everything you might want to know about the bowels of the Earth - and inevitably about plate tectonics, the atmosphere, and more ... An intimate exploration of this unusual (at least in our solar system) and beautiful planet.""-- ""Brian Clegg - author of Inflight Science and The Universe Inside You"" ""John Gribbin has done it again! Another first-rate account of a subject of immense importance, and beautifully written. From the fires within to the icy poles, the restless continents and dynamic atmosphere, this is a superb introduction to the inner and outer workings of the planet we call home.""-- ""Lewis Dartnell"""