The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its PeoplesOpen Road + Grove/Atlantic, 7 Jan 2015 - 434 halaman A comprehensive history of the continent, “full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America’s geology, climate, and paleontology” (The Washington Post Book World). Here, “the rock star of modern science” tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago to the present day (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel). Flannery describes the development of North America’s deciduous forests and other flora, and tracks the migrations of various animals to and from Europe, Asia, and South America, showing how plant and animal species have either adapted or become extinct. The story spans the massive changes wrought by the ice ages and the coming of the Native Americans. It continues right up to the present, covering the deforestation of the Northeast, the decimation of the buffalo, and other consequences of frontier settlement and the industrial development of the United States. This is science writing at its very best—both an engrossing narrative and a scholarly trove of information that “will forever change your perspective on the North American continent” (The New York Review of Books). |
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... rock had been travelling through space at 90,000 kilometres an hour since time immemorial. Then the statistically improbable happened. It began approaching our planet on a collision course, but where would it hit? Ground Zero, as it ...
... rock had been travelling through space at 90,000 kilometres an hour since time immemorial. Then the statistically improbable happened. It began approaching our planet on a collision course, but where would it hit? Ground Zero, as it ...
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... rock that jut out throughout the valley, the Midland Coal Company found an entire ancient forest turned to coal, which they mined until the 1950s. Even where there are no seams of coal the rocks are packed with ancient plant remains ...
... rock that jut out throughout the valley, the Midland Coal Company found an entire ancient forest turned to coal, which they mined until the 1950s. Even where there are no seams of coal the rocks are packed with ancient plant remains ...
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... rock that shone so brightly was at least ten kilometres in diameter. That's a piece of celestial real estate two to three times the length of Australia's Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock), the largest monolith on our planet. We can imagine it ...
... rock that shone so brightly was at least ten kilometres in diameter. That's a piece of celestial real estate two to three times the length of Australia's Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock), the largest monolith on our planet. We can imagine it ...
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... rock splashed down was about ten metres deep. I imagine it as being rather like the tropical seas of today, with their mixture of azures and luminous greens, and teeming with fish and other marine life. Only back then there were giant ...
... rock splashed down was about ten metres deep. I imagine it as being rather like the tropical seas of today, with their mixture of azures and luminous greens, and teeming with fish and other marine life. Only back then there were giant ...
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... rock and blasted life it shot into the atmosphere must have turned the blue planet brown . Geologists can pinpoint the moment the impact occurred worldwide by the presence of a layer of sediment rich in iridium . Iridium is largely ...
... rock and blasted life it shot into the atmosphere must have turned the blue planet brown . Geologists can pinpoint the moment the impact occurred worldwide by the presence of a layer of sediment rich in iridium . Iridium is largely ...
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The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples Tim Flannery Pratinjau terbatas - 2002 |
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