Revolutions that Made the Earth
- ISBN-10
- 0199587043
- ISBN-13
- 9780199587049
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 423
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-01-20
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Andrew Watson, Tim Lenton, Andrew J. Watson
Description
The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. This book describes these revolutions, showing the fundamental interdependence of the evolution of life and its non-living environment.
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