The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants

By Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney

Ideal for librarians, instructors, and students, this superior, one-stop reference guide makes finding answers to natural history questions or doing research a breeze. More than just an answer book on natural history, this unique guide provides understanding into the history of science itself. Readers get rare insight into the beginnings of a scientific event, how it evolved, and who were some of the key scientists along the way. Recent scientific controversies also are included. Covering the history of earth and its living creatures, this special reference contains 30 chapters on topics in geology, oceanography, climatology, meteorology, biology, paleontology, and anthropology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573561592
• ISBN13: 9781573561594
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Provides a simple A-Z reference

The Oryx Guide to Natural History provides a simple A-Z reference featuring condensed version of the most important topics in natural history, from at-a-glance sidebar timelines of events to simple introductions to the topic and its importance. The Oryx Guide to Natural History isn't meant to be a comprehensive encyclopedia, but a quick reference covering the highlights, very accessible to browser needs for quick answers.