An Introduction to the Earth-Life System Hardback - Hardcover

Cockell; Corfield; Dise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521493919 ISBN 13: 9780521493918

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This concise undergraduate textbook explores the Earth system at and above the surface of the Earth, for a one-semester course. It combines Earth and biological sciences to explore the co-evolution of the Earth and life over geological time, and incorporates a wealth of pedagogical features.

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'This innovative Earth science textbook provides a thoroughly new way to look at the history of Earth and life. The pedagogic aspects are particularly well thought through and current research case studies, engaging questions, and practical examples will be beneficial to both students and instructors.' Mike Benton, University of Bristol

'... this textbook will be suitable for geoscience educators as well as for students as a stimulating reading or an invitation to more profound thinking. ... Nature amateurs and professional geoscientists may find this book a good source of information on selected subjects like the carbon cycle or the influences of the mountain growth on climate.' Paläontologie Allgemeine

'... well illustrated ... very accessible ...' The Geographical Journal

Biografía del autor

Charles Cockell is Professor of Microbiology at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. His academic interests lie in geomicrobiology, astrobiology and space exploration and he has undertaken expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, among other places, to study life in extreme environments. Professor Cockell has written and edited six other books including Impossible Extinction (Cambridge University Press, 2003).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521493919
• ISBN 13: 9780521493918
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328