Stepping stones : the making of our home world
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書誌事項
Stepping stones : the making of our home world
Oxford University Press, c1999
- : hbk
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全5件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographies and index
内容説明・目次
- 巻冊次
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: hbk ISBN 9780198502715
内容説明
Many people know more about the planets Venus and Mars than they do about our home planet, Earth. Unique in our solar system, and so far as we know in the Universe itself, the Earth has been evolving for the past five billion years, and is the result of the dynamic interplay of astronomical, physical, and chemical forces ranging from the vast to the barely perceptible. The evolution of the earth has never been predictable. Life has come very close to being extinguished many times. After each such crisis, the survivors and their genes have diversified and grown in number to exploit all opportunities. Without such traumas it is hardly likely that evolution's pace could have reached its present advanced level; that of conscious life capable of changing the world, contemplating it, and in doing so changing itself at geologically stupendous rates. In this text, Stephen Drury explores how such a seemingly fragile world could have been formed and developed.
目次
- Part 1 How the world works: energy balance sheets
- the essence of life
- cosmic setting - dancing to ancient tunes. Part 2 Peering into time: managing time
- continents adrift
- the surface of events
- life, rock, and air. Part 3 Starstuff: alchemy in the stars
- graveyard for comets
- landscape for life. Part 4 "A warm little pond"
- what life is all about
- genesis and the deuteronomists
- life's tender years. Part 5 Climate, mantle, and life: fumes from the engine room
- continents shape climate
- icehouse and greenhouse worlds. Part 6 Life's ups and downs: Armageddon revisited
- reaching for new horizons. Part 7 The peoples' planet: the human record
- all the world's a commodity.
- 巻冊次
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: pbk ISBN 9780198508076
内容説明
Many people know more about the planets Venus and Mars than they do about our home planet, Earth. Unique in our solar system, and so far as we know in the Universe itself, the Earth has been evolving for the past five billion years, and is the result of the dynamic interplay of astronomical, physical, and chemical forces ranging from the vast to the barely perceptible. The evolution of the Earth hasnever been predictable. Life has come very close to being extinguished many times. After each such crisis, the survivors and their genes have diversified and grown in number to exploit all opportunities. Without such traumas it is hardly likely that evolution's pace could have reached its present advanced level; that of conscious life capable of changing the world, contemplating it, and in doing so changing itself at geologically stupendous rates. In this text, Stephen Drury explores how such a seemingly fragile world could have been formed and developed.
目次
Introduction. Part 1 - How the world works. 1: Energy balance sheets. 2: Circulation systems. 3: The essence of life. 4: Cosmic setting: dancing to ancient tunes. Part 2 - Peering into time. 5: Managing time. 6: Continents adrift. 7: The surface of events. 8: Life, rock, and air. Part 3 - Starstuff. 9: Alchemy in the stars. 10: Graveyard for comets. 11: Landscape for life. Part 4 - `A warm little pond'. 12: What life is all about. 13: Genesis and the deuteronomists. 14: Life's tender years. Part 5 - Climate, mantle, and life. 15: Fumes from the engine room. 16: Continents shape climate. 17: Icehouse and greenhouse worlds. Part 6 - Life's ups and downs. 19: Armageddon revisited. 20: Reaching for new horizons. Part 7 - The peoples' planet. 21: The ages of ice. 22: The human record. 23: All the world's a commodity
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