Snowball Earth

Snowball Earth
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781408807149
ISBN-13 : 1408807149
Rating : 4/5 (149 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Snowball Earth by : Gabrielle Walker

Download or read book Snowball Earth written by Gabrielle Walker and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting story of Earth's first ice age and the scientist who discovered it 'An engrossing book on the emergence of a stunning new account of events on our primordial planet ... fascinating' Sunday Telegraph 'This is a story worth telling ... Walker is an ideal person to tell it ... Racy and pacey, with a focus on the people involved ... A very entertaining read' Independent 'Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? A global adventure story and a fascinating account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his maverick 'Snowball Earth' theory, this is science writing at its most gripping. In SNOWBALL EARTH, Gabrielle Walker takes us on a thrilling natural history expedition in search of supporting evidence for the audacious theory which argues that the Earth experienced a climatic cataclysm 600 million years ago that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator. Because the global snowball happened so long ago the ice has now long gone - but it left its traces in rocks around the world and in order to see the evidence, Walker visited such places as Australia, Namibia, South Africa and Death Valley, USA. Part adventure story and part travel book, it's a tale of the ultimate human endeavour to understand our origins.


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