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This engaging geology text is well organized and written in clear language two qualities that will make it effective for the novice student. Vocabulary is highlighted in bold, there are copious color photos and diagrams, and end-of-chapter quizzes and references. The CD-ROM contains animations of geologic processes. Marshak teaches geology at the U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
This survey is the first to weave together the three major intellectual revolutions in the Earth Sciences that have occurred in the last forty years--the theory of plate tectonics, the Earth-Systems-Science synthesis, and the connection between the evolution of life and the evolution of the Earth itself.

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This survey is the first to weave together the three major intellectual revolutions in the Earth Sciences that have occurred in the last forty years—the theory of plate tectonics, the Earth-Systems-Science synthesis, and the connection between the evolution of life and the evolution of the Earth itself.

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