Perilous Planet Earth: Catastrophes and Catastrophism Through the Ages

by Trevor Palmer

Book Overview

Perilous Planet Earth places our concern about the threat to Earth from asteroids and comets within an historical context, looking at the evidence for past events within the geological and historical records. The book looks at the way in which prevailing views about modes of global change have changed dramatically over the years. It also considers the way in which catastrophic events are now seen to have influenced the course of evolution in the distant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521819288
• ISBN13: 9780521819282
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 10.0"