Open AccessEarth: Evolution of a Habitable World (2nd ed.) by Jonathan I. Lunine
Author(s) -
Vijay Tymms
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new directions in the teaching of physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2051-3615
pISSN - 1740-9888
DOI - 10.29311/ndtps.v0i10.520
Subject(s) - astrobiology , earth (classical element) , natural (archaeology) , earth science , history , astronomy , geology , physics , archaeology
This is an ambitious book. It attempts to integrate all branches of natural science to provide a complete overview of how the Earth has developed, from the Big Bang through to the present day, within the confines of about 300 pages. That it manages to do so at all is admirable, and that it manages to do so while also be thorough, engaging and thought provoking is all the more remarkable. There has clearly been a lot of loving attention put into the development of this text and as such it stands out as one of the best undergraduate-level textbooks on planetary science I have seen.