Earth and Life, 9780198945420
Paperback
Four billion years of Earth, life, and their intertwined story.

Earth and Life

a history of four billion years

$127.08

  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    3 July 2025

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Summary

A Four Billion Year Journey: Earth and Life Through Time

Telling the story of the four-billion-year history of Earth and life, this book attempts to answer some of our most fundamental questions: how did our Earth come to be? How did the Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate form? How did life begin?

Following the timeline of our planet, Earth and Life takes us from the creation of planet Earth to fluctuating global environments, from floods of lava and giant meteorites to…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198945420
ISBN-10:0198945426
Author:Anne Nédélec
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:3 July 2025
Weight:511g
Dimensions:245mm x 170mm x 13mm
About The Author

Anne Nédélec

Anne Nédélec studied geology and biology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (France). She became a Professor in Earth Sciences at the university of Yaounde (Cameroon) and Toulouse (France). She was also an invited researcher at the university of São Paulo (Brazil). She did geological field work in Brazil, Madagascar, Cameroon and other African countries. She is an international specialist of granitic rocks. Her main research themes are theformation of the oldest continents as well as the past climates of the Earth.

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