Evolution of the Earth

by Robert H. Dott Jr., Donald R. Prothero, Roger L. Batten

Book Overview

This text takes a historical approach to the development of ideas about history. This is particularly evident in the first seven chapters, allowing the reader to recapture the development of major... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070176191
• ISBN13: 9780070176195
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Evolution of Earth

This book is an easy read more for the visual learner. Has lots of images and great language, this is not for anyone under the age of thirteen and is a written well.

Excellent purchase

The book is in perfect condition just as described. New book at used price. What a deal! Highly recommend.

Good book for paleontology and geology teaching.

This is the most recent edition of a very useful book for students and teachers of paleontology and geology.

Superb if it's as good as the first edition

I used the first edition of this book by Dott and Batten as an earth science major back in the early 70's, and thought it excellent. I don't know how the new edition stacks up, but the original book was as fine a piece of writing for a textbook as I had ever come across, and geology boasts better than average writers for such things. For example, there is the redoubtable Arthur Beiser, whose many books maintain both a high level of readabilty as well as scholarship.One major change in the content of the book would no doubt be in regard to the theory of orogenesis, or mountain-building. The first book placed great emphasis on the geosynclinal theory and orthostatic rebound mechanisms. This one is sure to emphasize plate tectonics as the geosynclinal theory seems to have waned in popularity.The original version of this text was one of the best science texts I ever used in college. If this later edition is half as good it will still be better than 90% of the others.

Good Book

Overall a good introduction to historical geology. Most subjects are presented in an appropriate manner, with colorful illustrations to supplement the concepts discussed. Only concerning the formation of dolomite rocks does this book fall short of maintaining a thourough examination of historical geology concepts. The only disadvantage that this book has is its price, which is probably due to the amount of illustrations.