Product Description: Over the course of the twentieth century, scientists came to accept four counterintuitive yet fundamental facts about the Earth: deep time, continental drift, meteorite impact, and global warming. When first suggested, each proposition violated scientific orthodoxy and was quickly denounced as scientific―and sometimes religious―heresy...read more

The author of Mysteries of Terra Firma combines historical text with geomorphological and scientific evidence to chronicle the search by explorers, scientists, and academics to understand the origins and evolution of the Grand Canyon. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Describes three geologic revolutions that have transformed our knowledge about the planet: the measurement of geologic time, the discovery of plate tectonics, and the recognition of the role of chance in Earth's evolution. (view table of contents)

Racing the birth of a radical idea that has become scientific fact, the author follows the career of physicist Luis Alverez on his journey to prove that a comet or asteroid striking the earth caused the end of the dinosaurs. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Explains how the cataclysmic-collision theory of dinosaur extinction came about and the scientific melee that ensued (view table of contents)

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