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The Story of Earth & Life. A southern African perspective on a 4.6-billion-year journey
by McCarthy, Terence, and Bruce Rubidge
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1770071482
- ISBN 13
- 9781770071483
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Struik, 2005) 1770071482. 240 x 172 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 333; lavishly illustrated in full colour, with maps, diagrams, charts and photographs. Very good condition. "Geologically speaking, southern Africa is without equal, a treasure house of valuable minerals with a geological history dating back some 3 600 million years. In addition, the evolution of plants and animals, especially mammals and dinosaurs, is well preserved in the region, which also probably has the best record of the origin of modern man. This book provides a fascinating insight into that remarkable history: how southern Africa, and to some extent the world, came to be the way it is - how its mineral deposits formed, its life evolved and its landscape was shaped. Along the way readers will be enthralled by accounts of the Big Bang that marked the beginning of time and matter, by drifting and colliding continents, folding and fracturing of rocks, meteors colliding with the Earth, the time when Earth froze over, volcanic eruptions and the start of life." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12957
- Title
- The Story of Earth & Life. A southern African perspective on a 4.6-billion-year journey
- Author
- McCarthy, Terence, and Bruce Rubidge
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1770071482
- ISBN 13
- 9781770071483
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Struik, 2005) 1770071482
- This edition first published
- September 1, 2006
- Keywords
- Geology. Palaeontology. Archaeology. Fossils. Southern Africa. Evolution Geology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.