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Earth & life : a four billion year conversation / Andrew H. Knoll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knoll, Andrew H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth sciences.
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- Earth (Planet)--Origin.
- Earth (Planet).
- Earth (Planet)--History.
- earth sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Earth and life : a 4 billion year conversation
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- From the world-renowned geobiologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Earth, the epic story of a planetary conversation four billion years in the making.
- Contents:
- Discovering the conversation
- The nature of the conversation : starting with C
- Expanding the alphabet : N and P
- Completing life's alphabet : S and trace elements
- Water and oxygen
- Trimming the tree of life
- Living on a dynamic planet
- The conversation begins
- The story of O, part 1
- The story of O, part 2
- The story of O, part 3
- The mineral of life
- Plants enter the conversation
- Climate and habitability
- Close calls?
- The conversation in the twenty-first century
- Other conversations? Mars
- Other conversations? Everywhere else.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780691182230
- 069118223X
- OCLC:
- 1527141584
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000338967
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