A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters Paperback – Deckle Edge, 30 April 2023

The media could not be loaded. Very nice book can read by all the age group

Very crips and to the point.........Every chapter include 4-5 figures/images/statistics.........Unlike other books this book not let you feel boring while reading

It is a beautiful book written by a great scientist. Read it and enjoy.

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This was a good book covering a very broad topic in a concise and readable format. Mostly historical but also some forward looking observations.

This is perhaps the best popular science book I have read in the past 5 years. The topic, the links between the evolution of earth's geology and biosphere, is one that has not been often covered, the writing is clear and the style (for me, at least) is very congenial.Some might regard this as very basic, while others find it dense and overladen with facts. However, the author, an expert in this subject (with a long career at Harvard to his credit), does a remarkable job in presenting a complex series of topics. He does so with great brevity with only the minimum of detail needed to construct a coherent picture.The organization of the book, "4 billion years in eight chapters," takes the the form of an elegant sequence of chapters entitled "Chemical Earth," "Physical Earth," "Biological Earth," "Oxygen Earth," "Animal Earth," "Green Earth," "Catastrophic Earth," and "Human Earth."These develop the motivating theme, our existence on earth and the biosphere we depend on is in critical danger. Perhaps to many this message has become dull with repetition, but Andrew Knoll's treatment of it is fresh and convincing. As he quotes Baba Dioum in the Prologue, ""we will conserve only what we love, and we will love only what we understand.""A Brief History of Earth" is a heroic effort by Dr. Knoll to promote a more complete understanding of the planet we live on.

A clear, engaging, thorough yet concise review of Earth History, explaining how and why biology and geology are intrinsically and causally linked together.A must read to understand how we got here and where we are going.

A very good summary of the history of the planet, up to date with a good index and list of references. But it has no less than 22 completely blank pages and a further 13 nearly blank, coupled with wide margins and generous line spacing. This publication could have been made pocket-sized and even more suitable for my handluggage by using a more condensed format. And been more planet-friendly!

A concise and comprehensive overview. Highly recommendable.