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The story of Earth the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet /

In this radical new approach to Earth's biography, senior Carnegie Institution researcher and national bestselling author Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere--of rocks and living matter--has shaped our planet into the only one of its kind in the Solar Sys...

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Main Author: Hazen, Robert M., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2012.
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306 pages ; 24 cm.
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