Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
Before the Dawn
Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Nicholas Wades articles are a major reason why the science section has become the most popular, nationwide, in the New York Times. In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanitys origins as never before-a journey made possible only recently by genetic science, whose incredible findings...
Lucy's Legacy
The Quest for Human Origins
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
“Lucy is a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton who has become the spokeswoman for human evolution. She is perhaps the best known and most studied fossil hominid of the twentieth century, the benchmark by which other discoveries of human ancestors are judged.”*–*From Lucy’s Legacy
In his New...
Earthquake Storms
An Unauthorized Biography of the San Andreas Fault
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
A geologist explores the fault line that threatens disaster for millions in this “must-read for earthquake buffs—and West Coast residents” (Library Journal).
It’s a geological structure that spans almost the entire length of California. Dozens of major highways and interstates cross...
Rereading the Fossil Record
The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Rereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, David Sepkoski shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a small but...
by Walter Alvarez
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
"A thrilling synthesis from a brilliant scientist who discovered one of the most important chapters in our history." —Sean B. Carroll
Big History, the field that integrates traditional historical scholarship with scientific insights to study the full sweep of our universe, has so...
by Ann Gibbons
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
In this dynamic account, award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions: When and where was the dawn of humankind?Following four intensely competitive international teams of scientists in a heated race to find the “missing link”–the...
by Prescott Rawlings
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Atlantis the Great Flood and the Asteroid examines the evidence for an asteroid impact in early human prehistory which interrupted the progression of human development. It considers whether a large asteroid caused the Earth to shift its axis the Great Flood a Mass Extinction Event and possibly sank the...
Underworld
The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
From Graham Hancock, bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, comes a mesmerizing book that takes us on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a lost civilization that’s been hidden for thousands of years beneath the world’s oceans.
While Graham Hancock is no stranger...
by Felicie Williams, Lucy Chronic, Halka Chronic
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Arches National Park. Bryce Canyon. Zion. When one thinks of Utah, its rocks and iconic landforms—preserved in a nearly endless list of national parks and monuments—come immediately to mind. Perhaps more so than any other state, Utah is built for geologic explorations, and geologists/authors Felicie...
Beyond the Map
Unruly Enclaves, Ghostly Places, Emerging Lands and Our Search for New Utopias
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the day—and Alastair Bonnett observes and captures...
Roadside Geology of Yellowstone Country
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
With more than 10,000 geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots, as well as cubic mile upon cubic mile of once-incendiary rhyolite, the landscape of Yellowstone Country vividly displays its fiery past and present. The region contains 1/5 of the world's geysers, including the most famous of them...
The Accidental Species
Misunderstandings of Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet, the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary imagination, and new fossil discoveries are often hailed...
The Monkey in the Mirror
Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Nothing fascinates us more than explorations of human origins, and nobody tells the story better than Ian Tattersall.
What makes us so different? How did we get this way? How do we know? And what exactly are we? These questions are what make human evolution a subject of general fascination....
by Junzo Kasahara, Yoko Hasada
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Time Lapse Approach to Monitoring Oil, Gas, and CO2 Storage by Seismic Methods delivers a new technology to geoscientists, well logging experts, and reservoir engineers, giving them a new basis on which to influence decisions on oil and gas reservoir management.
Named ACROSS (Accurately Controlled...