Perilous Planet Earth
Subtitle: Catastrophes and Catastrophism through the Ages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 7, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780521819282
Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geophysics; Evolution; Dynamic Geology (General); Science; Science/Mathematics; Weather; Astronomy - General; Earth Sciences - Geology; Science / Earth Sciences; Catastrophes (Geology); Asteroids; Collisions with Earth
First sentence: In the ancient world, deities were generally believed to intervene in human history, often in a very major way.