Earth's deep history : how it was discovered and why it matters /
Martin J. S. Rudwick.
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- ix, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.
Making history a science -- Nature's own antiquities -- Sketching big pictures -- Expanding time and history -- Bursting the limits of time -- Worlds before Adam -- Disturbing a consensus -- Human history in nature's history -- Eventful deep history -- Global histories of the earth -- One planet among many.
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Earth sciences--History. Natural history--History. Religion and science.