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Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science: Siluria: The History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold Over the Earth (Paperback)

The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) first proposed the Silurian period after studying ancient rocks in Wales in the 1830s. Naming the sequence after the Silures a Celtic tribe he believed that the fossils representing the... more

My Science Library: Fossils and Rocks (Paperback)

This Ever Popular Subject Is Explained In Detail In This Wonderful Book. How The Earth Is Made From Rock The Three Different Types Of Rock And How They Are Made And Where They Can Be Found. more

Is There a Dinosaur in Your Backyard : The World s Most Fascinating Fossils Rocks and Minerals 9780471196167 Used / Pre-owned

Are the bones of a T-Rex lurking beneath the swing set? How many millions-of-years-old is that boulder by the porch? Nothing captures the imaginations of children more than dinosaurs and the ancient history of Earth. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are... more

Pre-Owned Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth - Updated Edition (Paperback) 069116553X 9780691165530

Australopithecines dinosaurs trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life ancient animals even the trilobites form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year... more

Pre-Owned Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth (Hardcover 9780691009780) by Andrew H Knoll

9780691009780. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 288. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Australopithecines dinosaurs trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost... more

Pre-Owned The Science of Rocks and Minerals: The Hard Truth about the Stuff Beneath Our Feet (the Science of the Earth) (Paperback) 0531230783 9780531230787

From tectonic plates to soil it is an eye-opening introduction to how the matter under our feet shapes the world around us. Almost as old as our planet rocks are formed and shaped by heat wind water and immense amounts of pressure. You can see the... more

Paleozoic Fossil Plants (Paperback)

Over 670 color photos reveal the Paleozoic plants that covered the earth from 500 to 260 million years ago well before the dinosaurs roamed the world. These plants provide some of the earliest records to the greening of planet earth. They also make... more

Prehistoric Journey : A History of Life on Earth 9781555915537 Used / Pre-owned

An updated edition of the award-winning primer on the evolution of the planet s life forms Prehistoric Journey introduces readers to the wonders of the prehistoric world through an accessible text and 119 strong colorful photos of world-class fossils.... more

How Geologists Read the Geologic Time Scale Geologic Time Scale Books Grade 5 Children s Earth Sciences Books (Hardcover)

Every remarkable change in the Earth s physical features is recorded in rocks and fossils. It is the job of geologists to decode these marks and from there piece together a story of what when and why those changes happened. In this book you will learn... more

Principles of Geology (Hardcover)

The earth science which deals with the solid earth the rocks of which the solid earth is made up of and the processes which are involved in their change is called geology. Along with Earth geology also deals with the solid features of other planets and... more

The Evolutionary History of Life (Paperback)

The evolutionary history of life on Earth traces the processes by which both living organisms and fossil organisms evolved since life emerged on the planet until the present. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years (Ga) ago and evidence suggests life... more

Sparkle: God and the Science of a Compassionate Universe (Paperback)

Our world is mired in chaos disorder and endless conflict. We have depleted the planet s natural resources to a point of scarcity. Wars now threaten to erupt over Earth s last dwindling natural resources: fossil fuel water arable land and rare-earth... more

Pre-Owned Solar System Astrophysics : Background Science and the Inner 9780387731544

This exhaustive work covers solar system astrophysics beginning with basic tools of spherical astronomy and celestial mechanics. Coverage includes the Earth-Moon system and the interior planets; rocks and minerals including crystallography; atmospheres... more