Snowball Earth
The Story of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
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 roc…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4088-0714-9
- EAN: 9781408807149
- Produktnummer: 13940487
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 710 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Gabrielle Walker has a PhD in chemistry from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. She is a consultant to New Scientist, contributes frequently to BBC radio and writes for many newspapers and magazines. In 2009 she presented BBC Radio 4's Planet Earth Under Threat and in 2011, Thin Air, a series about the earth's atmosphere. She lives in London.
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