Frozen earth: the once and future story of ice ages

"In this book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation - nearly three billion years ago - to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events. Macdou...

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1. Verfasser: Macdougall, John D. 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley [u.a.] University of California Press 2004
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Zusammenfassung:"In this book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation - nearly three billion years ago - to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events. Macdougall traces the lives of many of the characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about. As it explains how the great Pleistocene Ice Age has shaped the Earth's landscape and influenced the course of human evolution, Frozen Earth provides a look at how science is done, how the excitement of discovery drives scientists to explore and investigate, and how timing and chance play a part in the acceptance of new scientific ideas."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XI, 256 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0520239229