The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet

by Robert M. Hazen

Book Overview

Hailed by The New York Times for writing "with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along," nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet's living and nonliving spheres. With an astrobiologist's imagination, a historian's perspective, and a naturalist's eye, Hazen calls upon twenty-first-century discoveries that have revolutionized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143123645
• ISBN13: 9780143123644
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher