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A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves

A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves - Paperback

by Walter Alvarez
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Availability:In StockContributor:Walter AlvarezPublish date:2017-12-05Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393355192ISBN-10:393355195UPC:9780393355192Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Space Science, World, Life SciencesBook Topic:Cosmology, EvolutionSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SC5SY4MP8P

Big History, the field that integrates traditional historical scholarship with scientific insights to study the full sweep of our universe, has so far been the domain of historians. Famed geologist Walter Alvarez--best known for the "Impact Theory" explaining dinosaur extinction--has instead championed a science-first approach to Big History. Here he wields his unique expertise to give us a new appreciation for the incredible occurrences--from the Big Bang to the formation of supercontinents, the dawn of the Bronze Age, and beyond--that have led to our improbable place in the universe.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393355192ISBN-10:393355195UPC:9780393355192Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Space Science, World, Life SciencesBook Topic:Cosmology, EvolutionSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SC5SY4MP8P
Alvarez, Walter: - Walter Alvarez, professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley, received the Penrose Medal, the top honor in geology, and is the best-selling author of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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