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A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth

Author : Henry Gee
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250276667
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth written by Henry Gee and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year "[A]n exuberant romp through evolution, like a modern-day Willy Wonka of genetic space. Gee’s grand tour enthusiastically details the narrative underlying life’s erratic and often whimsical exploration of biological form and function.” —Adrian Woolfson, The Washington Post In the tradition of Richard Dawkins, Bill Bryson, and Simon Winchester—An entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life's life story. In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place—in constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched across microscopic gaps in rocks, where boiling hot jets of mineral-rich water gushed out from cracks in the ocean floor. Although these membranes were leaky, the environment within them became different from the raging maelstrom beyond. These havens of order slowly refined the generation of energy, using it to form membrane-bound bubbles that were mostly-faithful copies of their parents—a foamy lather of soap-bubble cells standing as tiny clenched fists, defiant against the lifeless world. Life on this planet has continued in much the same way for millennia, adapting to literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter and thriving, from these humblest beginnings to the thrilling and unlikely story of ourselves. In A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, Henry Gee zips through the last 4.6 billion years with infectious enthusiasm and intellectual rigor. Drawing on the very latest scientific understanding and writing in a clear, accessible style, he tells an enlightening tale of survival and persistence that illuminates the delicate balance within which life has always existed.

The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Michael J. Benton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199226326
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction written by Michael J. Benton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-27 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Very Short Introduction presents a succinct and accessible guide to the key episodes in the story of life on earth - from the very origins of life four million years ago to the extraordinary diversity of species around the globe today.

A New History of Life

Author : Peter Ward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608199088
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book A New History of Life written by Peter Ward and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades. Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, form the backbone of how we understand the history of the Earth. In reality, the currently accepted history of life on Earth is so flawed, so out of date, that it's past time we need a 'New History of Life.' In their latest book, Joe Kirschvink and Peter Ward will show that many of our most cherished beliefs about the evolution of life are wrong. Gathering and analyzing years of discoveries and research not yet widely known to the public, A New History of Life proposes a different origin of species than the one Darwin proposed, one which includes eight-foot-long centipedes, a frozen “snowball Earth”, and the seeds for life originating on Mars. Drawing on their years of experience in paleontology, biology, chemistry, and astrobiology, experts Ward and Kirschvink paint a picture of the origins life on Earth that are at once too fabulous to imagine and too familiar to dismiss--and looking forward, A New History of Life brilliantly assembles insights from some of the latest scientific research to understand how life on Earth can and might evolve far into the future.

Early Life on Earth

Author : Stefan Bengtson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231080883
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Early Life on Earth written by Stefan Bengtson and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is organized around three themes: the origin and early diversification of life during the Archean Eon; the maturation of life and the Earth during the long Proterozoic Eon; and the explosive diversification of multicellular life that marks the dawn of the Phanerozoic Eon. The contributors discuss the coherence of history, the combinatorial generation of taxonomic diversity, early Metazoan evolution, and the Cambrian explosion.

Compact Time

Author : John C. Walton
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800461240
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Compact Time written by John C. Walton and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compact Time builds a scientific case that the Earth, with all its living creatures, is actually thousands of years old, not the millions so widely accepted. This unconventional book takes readers on a journey of discovery into the realm of time – re-examining the very history of the Earth. It highlights the fallacies of methods currently applied to timing Earth history and then draws attention to the radiocarbon dating technique. Radiocarbon decays away in only thousands of years and undecayed, radiocarbon permeates the whole geologic column; it’s even in fossil dinosaur bones. This implies a compact timescale of only thousands of years for the whole span of life on Earth. Historical, geological and paleontological lines of evidence supporting this new theory are examined. The implications for understanding human history and the religious significance are assessed within Compact Time.

A Brief History of Life on Earth

Author : Clémence Dupont
Publisher : Prestel
ISBN 13 : 9783791373737
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Life on Earth written by Clémence Dupont and published by Prestel. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of life on earth unfolds in dramatic fashion in this amazing concertina picture book that takes readers from 4.6 billion years ago to the present day. Fully expanded to 8 meters (26 feet), this spectacular visual timeline is a very impressive panorama that reveals evolution in all its glory. Full color.

Life

Author : Richard A. Fortey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life written by Richard A. Fortey and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides the reader through space, through the earliest signs of life on the rims of volcanoes, the creation of an atmosphere and the myriad forms of planets and animals which could then evolve and be sustained

Living Earth

Author : R.E. Nisbet
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9780044458555
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Living Earth written by R.E. Nisbet and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-08-31 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life has shaped the Earth, and the Earth has moulded the history of life. That history, the co-evolution of our ancestors and their horne, has much to teach us about our place on the planet today. We are part of the fabric of the biosphere. As we change that fabric we would be wise to understand how our horne was built. Our planet is neither a hotel nor a colony. It is not a place which life briefly inhabits during a transient occupation. Instead, it is our horne, designed by the deeds of our ancestors and suited to our own needs. The history of life on Earth is held in the geological record, which is composed of the rocks, water and air that are available for study on the planet's surface. These rocks, the oceans and the atmosphere are not simply stores of information for the excitement of fossil hunters and geochemists, or resources to exploit without thought. Their cre ation and continued existence form an integral part of the development and management of the Earth as the horne of life.

Living Earth

Author : R.E. Nisbet
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789401130578
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Living Earth written by R.E. Nisbet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life has shaped the Earth, and the Earth has moulded the history of life. That history, the co-evolution of our ancestors and their horne, has much to teach us about our place on the planet today. We are part of the fabric of the biosphere. As we change that fabric we would be wise to understand how our horne was built. Our planet is neither a hotel nor a colony. It is not a place which life briefly inhabits during a transient occupation. Instead, it is our horne, designed by the deeds of our ancestors and suited to our own needs. The history of life on Earth is held in the geological record, which is composed of the rocks, water and air that are available for study on the planet's surface. These rocks, the oceans and the atmosphere are not simply stores of information for the excitement of fossil hunters and geochemists, or resources to exploit without thought. Their cre ation and continued existence form an integral part of the development and management of the Earth as the horne of life.

A Short History of the World

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher : Binker North
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the World written by Herbert George Wells and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1922 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History.

A Short History of the World

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500737498
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the World written by H. G. Wells and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic text tells the story of our planet and humankind. From the origins of the earth to the founding of the League of Nations. Wells wrote this short version of "The Outline of History" to in his own words "meet the needs of the busy general reader."

Cosmos, Earth, and Man

Author : Preston Cloud
Publisher : New Haven : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300025941
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Cosmos, Earth, and Man written by Preston Cloud and published by New Haven : Yale University Press. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biogeologist traces the evolution of the universe ranging from a description of the nature of atoms to the behavior of galaxies and follows the development of life on Earth

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Author : Bill Bryson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1784161853
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Nearly Everything written by Bill Bryson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century, and reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire

Author : Henry Gee
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250325595
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire written by Henry Gee and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2025-03-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history of humanity on the brink of decline. We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. In the middle of this century population growth will stop, and the number of people on Earth will start to decline - fast. In this provocative book, award-winning science writer Henry Gee offers a concise, brilliantly-told history of our species--and argues that we are on a rapid, one-way trip to extinction. The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire narrates the dramatic rise of humanity, how a scattered range of small groups across several continents eventually inbred, interacted, fought, established stable communities and food supplies, and began the process of dominating the planet. The human story is relatively brief—the oldest fossils of H. Sapiens date to approximately 300,000 years ago—yet the spread of our species has been unstoppable...until recently. As Gee demonstrates, our population has peaked, and is declining; our environment is becoming inimical to human life in many locations; our core resources of water, arable land, and air are diminishing; and new diseases, simmering conflicts, and ambiguous technologies threaten our collective health. Can we still change our course? Or is our own extinction inevitable? There could be a way out, but the launch window is narrow. Unless Homo sapiens establishes successful colonies in space within the next two centuries, our species is likely to stay earthbound and will have vanished entirely within another ten thousand years, bringing the seven-million-year story of the human lineage to an end. With assured narration, dramatic stories, and his signature sprightly humor, Henry Gee envisions new opportunities for the future of humanity—a future that will reward facing challenges with ingenuity, foresight, and cooperation.

A Really Short History of Nearly Everything

Author : Bill Bryson
Publisher : Puffin
ISBN 13 : 9780241451946
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book A Really Short History of Nearly Everything written by Bill Bryson and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something? Or thought about how we can weigh the earth? Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe? Uncover the mysteries of time, space and life on earth in this extraordinary book - a journey from the centre of the planet to the dawn of the dinosaurs, and everything in between. And discover our own incredible journey, from single cell to civilisation, including the brilliant (and sometimes very bizarre) scientists who helped us find out the how and why.

A Short History of the World (Annotated)

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the World (Annotated) written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historical work from the time of the English author HG Wells, first published by Cassell & Co, Ltd Publishing in 1922. It was first published in Penguin Books in 1936. It was republished under Penguin Classics in 2006. The book was largely inspired by Wells' previous work of 1919, The Outline of History. The book summarizes the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of the Earth and life. It begins with its origins, continues explaining the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thinking and the development of humanity from the Cradle of Civilization.The book ends with the result of World War I, the Russian famine of 1921 and the League of Nations in 1922. In 1934 Albert Einstein recommended the book for the study of history as a means to interpret progress in civilization.

A Short History of The World

Author : H G Wells
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of The World written by H G Wells and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of The World by H.G. Wells. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation. The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922.