The Scientists Behind Earth's Processes

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Pub. Date: 2011-01-01
Publisher(s): Raintree
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Summary

This addition to the Sci-Hi series looks at scientists who have made major advances and affected the way we live - men and women, historical and modern, and from a range of cultures. Some are household names, some deserve much greater recognition and credit than they currently receive, and others who have helped us understand the way our planet works’.

Table of Contents

The beginnings of geology
Glaciers and climate change
Life in the rocks
Journey to the centre of the Earth
Lands on the move
Mountains in the ocean
Predicting the weather
What next?
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