Author: Steve Parker
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515725219
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A Brief Illustrated History of Life on Earth charts the evolution of living species all the way from 2.5 billion years ago, through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and right through to today. With stunning full-color images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.
A Brief Illustrated History of Life on Earth
Author: Steve Parker
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515725219
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A Brief Illustrated History of Life on Earth charts the evolution of living species all the way from 2.5 billion years ago, through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and right through to today. With stunning full-color images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515725219
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A Brief Illustrated History of Life on Earth charts the evolution of living species all the way from 2.5 billion years ago, through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and right through to today. With stunning full-color images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.
The Book of Life
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393321562
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"The Book of Life builds a bridge of knowledge, bringing the frontiers of science and what we know of life's history to all of us who wish to come closer to our beginnings and know more of who we are."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393321562
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"The Book of Life builds a bridge of knowledge, bringing the frontiers of science and what we know of life's history to all of us who wish to come closer to our beginnings and know more of who we are."--BOOK JACKET.
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Author: Clémence Dupont
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN: 9783791373737
Category : Adaptation (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of life on earth unfolds in dramatic fashion in this amazing concertina picture book that takes readers from 4.6 billion years ago to the present day. Fully expanded to 8 meters (26 feet), this spectacular visual timeline is a very impressive panorama that reveals evolution in all its glory. Full color.
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN: 9783791373737
Category : Adaptation (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of life on earth unfolds in dramatic fashion in this amazing concertina picture book that takes readers from 4.6 billion years ago to the present day. Fully expanded to 8 meters (26 feet), this spectacular visual timeline is a very impressive panorama that reveals evolution in all its glory. Full color.
Time Planet Earth
Author: Editors of Time Magazine
Publisher: Time
ISBN: 9781603200325
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Looks at the Planet Earth with numerous color illustrations and accompanying text, with separate sections examining the atmosphere, pedosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and geosphere.
Publisher: Time
ISBN: 9781603200325
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Looks at the Planet Earth with numerous color illustrations and accompanying text, with separate sections examining the atmosphere, pedosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and geosphere.
LIFE Nature's Fury
Author: Editors of Life
Publisher: Life
ISBN: 9781603200110
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
"LIFE" has visited its archives before--but never like this. This glorious coffee table edition puts the magazine's famous photos on display, and also includes 25 removable, frameable prints.
Publisher: Life
ISBN: 9781603200110
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
"LIFE" has visited its archives before--but never like this. This glorious coffee table edition puts the magazine's famous photos on display, and also includes 25 removable, frameable prints.
Brooklyn!
Author: Ellen Marie Snyder-Grenier
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781592130825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Lavishly illustrated with prints, paintings, memorabilia, and objects from The Brooklyn Historical Society's unparalleled collection, Brooklyn! will bring every reader closer to the Brooklyn of legend and fact.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781592130825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Lavishly illustrated with prints, paintings, memorabilia, and objects from The Brooklyn Historical Society's unparalleled collection, Brooklyn! will bring every reader closer to the Brooklyn of legend and fact.
Weather: An Illustrated History
Author: Andrew Revkin
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454932457
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
“Beautifully illustrated . . . Think of this book like dining on tapas, boasting savory flavors, some unexpected, that constitute a satisfying whole.” —Washington Post Andrew Revkin, strategic adviser for environmental and science journalism at the National Geographic Society and former senior climate reporter at ProPublica, presents an intriguing illustrated history of humanity’s evolving relationship with Earth’s dynamic climate system and the wondrous weather it generates. Colorful and captivating, Weather: An Illustrated History hopscotches through 100 meteorological milestones and insights, from prehistory to today’s headlines and tomorrow’s forecasts. Bite-sized narratives, accompanied by exciting illustrations, touch on such varied topics as Earth's first atmosphere, the physics of rainbows, the deadliest hailstorm, Groundhog Day, the invention of air conditioning, London’s Great Smog, the Year Without Summer, our increasingly strong hurricanes, and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Written by a prominent and award-winning environmental author and journalist, this is a groundbreaking illustrated book that traces the evolution of weather forecasting and climate science.
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454932457
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
“Beautifully illustrated . . . Think of this book like dining on tapas, boasting savory flavors, some unexpected, that constitute a satisfying whole.” —Washington Post Andrew Revkin, strategic adviser for environmental and science journalism at the National Geographic Society and former senior climate reporter at ProPublica, presents an intriguing illustrated history of humanity’s evolving relationship with Earth’s dynamic climate system and the wondrous weather it generates. Colorful and captivating, Weather: An Illustrated History hopscotches through 100 meteorological milestones and insights, from prehistory to today’s headlines and tomorrow’s forecasts. Bite-sized narratives, accompanied by exciting illustrations, touch on such varied topics as Earth's first atmosphere, the physics of rainbows, the deadliest hailstorm, Groundhog Day, the invention of air conditioning, London’s Great Smog, the Year Without Summer, our increasingly strong hurricanes, and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Written by a prominent and award-winning environmental author and journalist, this is a groundbreaking illustrated book that traces the evolution of weather forecasting and climate science.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World
Author: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191067199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it—with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can ́t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-first century: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions that have all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191067199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it—with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can ́t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-first century: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions that have all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.
Theories for Everything
Author: John Langone
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792239123
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Provides behind-the-scenes accounts of some of history's greatest science discoveries.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792239123
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Provides behind-the-scenes accounts of some of history's greatest science discoveries.
Five Kingdoms
Author: Lynn Margulis
Publisher: Henry Holt
ISBN: 9780716730279
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
An all-inclusive catalogue of the world's living diversity, Five Kingdoms defines and describes the major divisions, or phyla, of nature's five great kingdoms - bacteria, protoctists, animals, fungi, and plants - using a modern classification scheme that is consistent with both the fossil record and molecular data. Generously illustrated and remarkably easy to follow, it not only allows readers to sample the full range of life forms inhabiting our planet but to familiarize themselves with the taxonomic theories by which all organisms' origins and distinctive characteristics are traced and classified.
Publisher: Henry Holt
ISBN: 9780716730279
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
An all-inclusive catalogue of the world's living diversity, Five Kingdoms defines and describes the major divisions, or phyla, of nature's five great kingdoms - bacteria, protoctists, animals, fungi, and plants - using a modern classification scheme that is consistent with both the fossil record and molecular data. Generously illustrated and remarkably easy to follow, it not only allows readers to sample the full range of life forms inhabiting our planet but to familiarize themselves with the taxonomic theories by which all organisms' origins and distinctive characteristics are traced and classified.