Exploring Earth and Life Through Time

By Steven M. Stanley

Book Overview

In Steven Stanley's introductory text Exploring Earth and Life Through Time, he reviews the history of physical environments on Earth and the evolution and extinction of life from early on in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716723395
• ISBN13: 9780716723394
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Geology, Biology and Climatic Evolution on Earth

This book is an excellent approach for understanding the evolution of the Earth as a system. Geology, Biology and Climatic Changes are integrated in a way that is possible to relate how changes in the plate tectonic may produce dramatic climatic changes and hence how these changes have constrained the development of live on Earth. The way in which the geologic time is divided for presenting the history of the Earth is very convenient for understanding the general evolution trends without focusing too much in minor details It is particularly good for those people interested in life evolution linked to global changes. Life evolution is presented in a global approach, but geological changes are mainly focused on North America examples, probably loosing the context of a global approach to earth history. It is well illustrated.