The Story of Earth
The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
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The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
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The Story of Earth is exactly what the title says. IMO, it is an excellent popular science book – well written and well researched. Hazen makes some difficult subjects understandable. Obviously a lot of work went into it.
I have degrees in Geology, but am decades out of active practice. So, I was expecting this book to be a refresher for me with perhaps some new insights. And, that is just what I got for about the first third of the book. Then Hazen got into the co-evolution of the lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere, and I found that I was happily learning new things. Petrology, minerology, geophysics, paleontology, and geochemistry were no longer separate subjects, but were melded together in a clear common story!
4.5 stars rounded up.
