A Most Improbable Journey

A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves

Walter Alvarez (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2017
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-35519-2 (ISBN)

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"A thrilling synthesis from a brilliant scientist who discovered one of the most important chapters in our history." —Sean B. Carroll

Big History, the field that integrates traditional historical scholarship with scientific insights to study the full sweep of our universe, has so far been the domain of historians. Famed geologist Walter Alvarez—best known for the “Impact Theory” explaining dinosaur extinction—has instead championed a science-first approach to Big History. Here he wields his unique expertise to give us a new appreciation for the incredible occurrences—from the Big Bang to the formation of supercontinents, the dawn of the Bronze Age, and beyond—that have led to our improbable place in the universe.

Walter Alvarez, professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley, received the Penrose Medal, the top honor in geology, and is the best-selling author of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2018
Zusatzinfo	35 illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	142 x 211 mm
Gewicht	205 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-393-35519-5 / 0393355195
ISBN-13	978-0-393-35519-2 / 9780393355192
Zustand	Neuware