Environment Evolution: Effects of the Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth (The MIT Press)

By Lynn Margulis

Book Overview

This text provides an accessible introduction to critical changes in the biosphere that have occurred since life's origin. Based on a course developed by Lynn Margulis and colleagues over many years, it presents an integrated view of how our planet evolved. Environmental Evolution differs from Earth-science textbooks in its consideration of geology as it is shaped by life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262132737
• ISBN13: 9780262132732
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.5" x 6.3"