Snowball Earth

The Story of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know it

Gabrielle Walker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2003
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6433-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2003
• 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