The Evolution of Matter: From the Big Bang to the Present Day Earth

Review of the hardback: ‘… the latest and most comprehensive contribution to this important and growing genre. … The Evolution of Matter will provide advanced undergraduates and Earth science professionals with an unusually broad and integrated view of isotope cosmo- and geo-chemistry, from the ancient origin of atoms to the modern living Earth. … an engaging historical narrative.’ Elements ‘Overall, The Evolution of Matter is a good, deep and readable combination of the textbook and monograph, which brought under one cover a link between cosmo- and geochemistry; solar system formation and evolution; Earth’s core, crust and mantle. It also combines a description of sophisticated geodynamic models with considerable cosmo-geochemical reference information.’ Pure and Applied Geophysics “[The authors] present the information in a clear, complete manner so that it is accessible to a wide variety of readers, although it is nevertheless an advanced topic. … The figures are appropriate and explained in captions, mostly negating the need to search through the text for interpretation. … Highly recommended.” - N.W. Hinman, CHOICE ‘… the latest and most comprehensive contribution to this important and growing genre. … The Evolution of Matter will provide advanced undergraduates and Earth science professionals with an unusually broad and integrated view of isotope cosmo- and geo-chemistry, from the ancient origin of atoms to the modern living Earth. … an engaging historical narrative.’ Elements “…a good, deep and readable combination of the textbook and monograph, which brought under one cover a link between cosmo- and geochemistry; solar system formation and evolution; Earth’s core, crust and mantle. It also combines a description of sophisticated geodynamic models with consiferable cosmo-geochemical reference information.” - Pure and Applied Geophysics

Igor Tolstikhin was awarded a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the St Petersburg Mining Institute in 1966 and a D.Sc. from the Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, in 1975. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Russian Academy of Sciences where his research has encompassed noble gases, radiogenic isotope geochemistry, isotope hydrology, and geochemical modelling. His more recent contributions include a chemical Earth model with wholly convective mantle.