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The Little Book of Planet Earth Hardcover - 2002
by Rolf Meissner
Presenting a concise description of the geological evolution of Earth from its formation, the author describes in detailed but accessible prose not just the planet's features, but the tools that modern geologists use to explore and track the ever changing subterranean and surface features of the planet. He also introduces lay readers to the key topics in modern earth and planetary science.
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- Title The Little Book of Planet Earth
- Author Rolf Meissner
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; F
- Pages 204
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Copernicus Books, NY
- Date 2002-03-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780387952581 / 0387952586
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 7.33 x 5.27 x 0.76 in (18.62 x 13.39 x 1.93 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Earth
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001060201
- Dewey Decimal Code 550
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- Booklist, 04/15/2002, Page 1369
- Choice, 10/01/2002, Page 306
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New. Acknowledgments chapter 1 The Roots of Earth Sciences 1 Classical Scientific Thought 1 The Copernican Revolution 2 From Physics and Philosophy to Geology 4 The Age of the Earth 6 chapter 2 The Earth in the Context of Our Solar System 9 The Origins of the Solar System The Elements of the Solar System The Planets Circling the Sun chapter 3 The Formation of Earth and Moon 21 Similarities and Differences 21 Exploring the Moon chapter 4 The Interior of the Earth and the Role of Seismology Seismic Waves 28 The Earth's Interior 36 chapter 5 Rotation and Shape, Gravity and Tides 41 Describing the Earth's Shape Tides 44 Rotation 44 43 27 23 15 12 10 xiii xi chapter 6 The Earth's Magnetic Field 47 Establishing a Physical Concept Reversals of the Magnetic Field 51 Paleomagnetism chapter 7 Atom-Mineral-Rock 59 Crystallization 60 Minerals in Crust and Mantle 60 Rocks chapter 8 The Early Ages 71 The Archean 71 The Proterozoic 77 chapter 9 Radioactive Dating The Chemistry of Unstable Elements…
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