Snowball Earth
The Story of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know it
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2003
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6433-1 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6433-1 (ISBN)
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Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? This global adventure story gives an account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his maverick "Snowball Earth" theory.
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? Paul Hoffman claims that the Earth experienced just such a climate cataclysm 700 million years ago. The consequences of this idea are far-reaching. For Hoffman believes that this global deep freeze triggered the great Cambrian Explosion, the so-far unexplained moment in geological time when a glorious profusion of complex life forms first sprang from the primordial soup. In her account, Gabrielle Walker takes us on a journey to some of the most picturesque and formidable places on Earth - from the polar ice cap to the Australian outback and the African desert - as Hoffman and his fellow geologists travel the earth to find supporting evidence for their theories.
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? Paul Hoffman claims that the Earth experienced just such a climate cataclysm 700 million years ago. The consequences of this idea are far-reaching. For Hoffman believes that this global deep freeze triggered the great Cambrian Explosion, the so-far unexplained moment in geological time when a glorious profusion of complex life forms first sprang from the primordial soup. In her account, Gabrielle Walker takes us on a journey to some of the most picturesque and formidable places on Earth - from the polar ice cap to the Australian outback and the African desert - as Hoffman and his fellow geologists travel the earth to find supporting evidence for their theories.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.3.2003 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 430 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
ISBN-10 | 0-7475-6433-7 / 0747564337 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7475-6433-1 / 9780747564331 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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