The Mountains of Saint Francis: Discovering the Geologic Events That Shaped Our Earth (St. Francis)

by Walter Álvarez

Book Overview

Walter Alvarez and his team made one of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the twentieth century--that an asteroid smashed into the Earth 65 million years ago, exterminating the dinosaurs.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039306185X
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.1" x 6.5"