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2) Earth
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Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Earth from its elements of gas, water, and rock. Examines the concepts of continental drift, plate tectonics, and the continuing development of the Earth from forces such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Includes numerous photographs of primitive artifacts and rocks.
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English
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"Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we've been and where we're going."--
7) Earth
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Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Bears present facts about the earth's atmosphere, weather, land forms, oceans, and changing surface.
8) Earth alive!
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Describes the ways in which the earth is constantly changing and examines the reasons for and the effects of these changes. Also includes instructions for a variety of related experiments.
11) Planet earth
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents concepts in earth sciences using lively descriptions and cartoon illustrations personifying each concept.
13) Earth science
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Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
14) Earth
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Series
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wanted to know which is the tallest mountain on Earth? Or which continent is the largest? DKfindout! Earth is packed with surprising facts and amazing pictures. It is a fascinating book filled with big ideas.
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English
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"An informative picture book that takes readers along on a high stakes mission to battle one of the deadliest natural disasters to threaten the nation, while offering a dramatic look into the work of the highly-trained first responders who risk their lives to fight wildfires."--
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English
Description
"In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a twenty-five-foot tidal bore that crashes eighty miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks...
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English
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Cynthia Barnett's "Rain" begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. As climate change upends rainfall patterns and unleashes...