A short history of planet earth
Subtitle: mountains, mammals, fire, and ice
By: J.D. Macdougall.
Series: Wiley popular science
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Historical geology
Description: Four and a half billion years long, Earth's history is the fascinating, magnificent product of creation, transformation, evolution, and extinction. A Short History of Planet Earth chronicles this complex life story in an accessible and thoroughly engaging single volume that charts the geologic and biological life of our dynamic planet.

A Short History of Planet Earth, the ideal, concise introduction to earth and life sciences, includes a handy glossary of geologic terms, and forty information-packed illustrations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index.