Planet Earth, Past and Present: Parallels Between Our World and Its Celestial Neighbors

by Michael Carroll

The Earth is not the world it once was, and it is not the world it will always be.

This book describes the exciting, complex, and occasionally baffling history of our own planet. Over the course of its 4.5 billion years, Earth has undergone astonishing changes to its surface and atmosphere, at times more closely resembling other planets in our Solar System than the habitable, teeming biosphere of today.

Through these otherworldly analogs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031413598
• ISBN13: 9783031413599
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"