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Here on Earth - A Natural History of the Planet (Paperback)
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Here on Earth - A Natural History of the Planet (Paperback)
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List price R453
Loot Price R384
Discovery Miles 3 840
You Save R69 (15%)
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Credited with discovering more species than Darwin, praised for his
ability to take complex ideas and--seemingly effortlessly-- make
them accessible (Sydney Morning Herald), Tim Flannery is one of the
world's most influential scientists, head of Australia's Climate
Change Commission, and a best-selling author. In his newest book,
Here on Earth--an immediate best seller in Australia--he has
written a captivating and dramatic narrative about the origins of
life and the history of our planet.
Beginning at the moment of creation with the Big Bang, Here on
Earth explores the evolution of Earth from a galactic cloud of dust
and gas to a planet with a metallic core and early signs of life
within a billion years of being created. In a compelling narrative,
Flannery describes the formation of the Earth's crust and
atmosphere, as well as the transformation of the planet's oceans
from toxic brews of metals (such as iron, copper, and lead) to
life-sustaining bodies covering 70 percent of the planet's surface.
Life, Flannery shows, first appeared in these oceans in the form of
microscopic plants and bacteria, and these metals served as
catalysts for the earliest biological processes known to exist.
From this starting point, Flannery tells the story of the evolution
of our own species, exploring several early human species--from the
diminutive creatures (the famed hobbits) who lives in Africa around
two million years ago, to Homo erectus--before durning his
attention to Homo sapiens, who first started leaving Africa some
fifty thousand years ago. Drawing on Charles Darwin's and Alfred
Russell Wallace's theories of evolution and Lovelock's Gaia
hypothesis, Tim Flannery's Here on Earth is a dazzling account of
life on our planet.
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