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1. www.amazon.co.uk › Lucky-Planet-Earth-ExceptionalLucky Planet: Why Earth Is Exceptional-and What That Means ...

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   Apr 8, 2014 · In Lucky Planet, astrobiologist David Waltham argues that Earth s climate stability is one of the primary factors that makes it able to support life, and that nothing short of luck made such conditions possible.

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3. www.goodreads.com › book › showLucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional-and What That Me…

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   Apr 8, 2014 · This book investigates the idea that good fortune, or plain luck, infrequently repeated elsewhere in the universe, played a significant role in allowing the long-term habitability of earth and shows why it is unlikely to find similarly complex life elsewhere in the universe.

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4. www.shortform.com › best-books › genre100 Best Earth Science Books of All Time - Shortform

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   • Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind. Yuval Noah Harari | 5.00. 100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us.
   • The Sixth Extinction. An Unnatural History. Elizabeth Kolbert | 4.99. Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted.
   • A Brief History of Time. Stephen Hawking | 4.68. In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide.
   • Cosmos. Carl Sagan | 4.62. Cosmos has 13 heavily illustrated chapters, corresponding to the 13 episodes of the Cosmos television series. In the book, Sagan explores 15 billion years of cosmic evolution and the development of science and civilization.

5. davidwaltham.com › lucky-planetLucky Planet - Why Earth is Exceptional & Life In The Universe

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   In a search for answers, the book takes a tour of astronomy, geology, climatology, biology and cosmology before concluding that the best place to look for evidence is our Moon. Lucky Planet is based upon my own published research about what makes the Earth special.

6. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › five-mustFive Must-Read Books About Earth | Smithsonian

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   • Principles of Geology (Penguin Classics) Principles of Geology (Penguin Classics) [Charles Lyell, James A. Secord] on Amazon.com. * FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
   • Understanding Earth. Understanding Earth [John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan] on Amazon.com. * FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In this sixth edition of Understanding Earth , students are encouraged to do what geologists do.
   • Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth (Princeton Science Library) Amazon.com: Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth (Princeton Science Library) (9780691165530): Andrew H. Knoll: Books.
   • Emerald Planet How Plants Changed Earth's History by Beerling, David [Oxford University Press, USA,2007] [Hardcover] Emerald Planet How Plants Changed Earth's History by Beerling, David [Oxford University Press, USA, 2007] [Hardcover] on Amazon.com. *

7. www.amazon.co.uk › Earth-Over-Billion-Years-MakingEarth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making - Amazon.co.uk

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   Jul 20, 2023 · With the trademark dramatic storytelling techniques of The Planets and The Universe, Andrew Cohen and Chris Packham narrate the biography of the Earth, revealing the most epic moments from its history, from the first seconds of its existence to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us.

   • Author: Chris Packham, Andrew Cohen

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   Who wrote the late Great Planet Earth?

   • The Late Great Planet Earth is a 1970 book by Hal Lindsey, with contributions by Carole C. Carlson, first published by Zondervan. The New York Times declared it to be the bestselling nonfiction book of the 1970s.

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   What is Lucky Planet based on?

   • In a search for answers, the book takes a tour of astronomy, geology, climatology, biology and cosmology before concluding that the best place to look for evidence is our Moon. Lucky Planet is based upon my own published research about what makes the Earth special. Lucky Planet asks; Is the Earth special and are we alone?

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   Is Earth a good book?

   • “Earth” is a high-quality, medium format book containing excellent diagrams, illustrations and exceptional photographs to accompany detailed text explaining each chapter subject in depth. Four billion years is a long time to cover in one book, especially years as complex or slow to develop as our Earth’s existence.

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   What are some good books about life on a young planet?

   • Andy Knoll’s Life on a Young Planet and David Beerling’s The Emerald Planet celebrate the 4-billion-year co-evolution of Earth and life from the perspective of paleontology. Finally, John McPhee’s rhapsodic Annals of the Former World provides a poetic tribute to our dynamic home and the geologists who devote their lives to its study.

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   What are some good books about geology?

   • Charles Lyell’s Principles of Geology and John Grotzinger and Tom Jordan’s Understanding Earth are elegant, accessible textbooks written almost two centuries apart. Andy Knoll’s Life on a Young Planet and David Beerling’s The Emerald Planet celebrate the 4-billion-year co-evolution of Earth and life from the perspective of paleontology.

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   Who narrates 'the planets and the universe'?

   • With the trademark dramatic storytelling techniques of The Planets and The Universe, Andrew Cohen and Chris Packham narrate the biography of the Earth, revealing the most epic moments from its history, from the first seconds of its existence to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Late_Great_Planet_EarthThe Late Great Planet Earth - Wikipedia

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   The Late Great Planet Earth is a 1970 book by Hal Lindsey, with contributions by Carole C. Carlson, first published by Zondervan. The New York Times declared it to be the bestselling nonfiction book of the 1970s. [1]