History of the Earth

History of the Earth Book Description Our planet has witnessed mammoths, dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or breaking apart from each other, falling meteorites, and the birth of people trying to understand all this. So how was all this history discovered? How was the evidence for these collected and interpreted? Who tried to revive periods of the past that no human had witnessed or recorded? In this absorbing and moving book, leading historian of earth sciences Martin JS Rudwick tells the story of people who reveal that the history of our planet is not only unimaginably long but surprisingly eventful. Rudwick is the doyen of earth science historians. It's a pleasure to read his book, which summarizes his life's research and shows how we understand the complex narratives about our planet and the life that adorns it! Rudwick shows very clearly how scientific advances over the last four hundred years have conflicted with, or at times intertwined, with society's expectations. -Richard Fortey, author of Earth: An Intimate History- (From the Promotional Bulletin)