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DK Eyewitness Books
DK Eyewitness Books: Earth
What is at the center of the Earth?
Why is sea water salty?
How was our atmosphere created?
What is a volcanologist?
How are mountains formed?
What does the ocean floor look like?
Find out the answers to these and many other questions in this fascinating new look at the Earth. Superb full-color photography of geological equipment, rocks, minerals, and 3-D models reveal the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the world in which we live.
72 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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January 18, 2020
We found this an interesting readable book to answer our questions.
October 22, 2020
Great visual learning book. Everyone old and young can enjoy and learn from these books. I love the pictures and layouts they use to explain the topic. This is just a fun and entertaining book to read and enjoy. My highest recommendation
September 27, 2016
i really liked this book. it helped me to understand the earth, and what is on it. this book could be a good thing to use for studying.
March 23, 2019
A wonderful book, which you are traveling unwantedly when you read it. You can discover the secrets of the Earth -- from the far reaches of the atmosphere to deep beneath the surface.
Here is a spectacular, thought-provoking and highly informative guide to the fascinating story of the Earth. Superb, full-color photography of geological equipment, rocks, minerals and 3D models reveals the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the world in which we live. See how glaciers create fjords, how beaches are shaped, where Africa is splitting apart along the Rift Valley, ocean-floor volcanoes, the atmosphere from space, the elements in the Earth's crust, and an exploded volcano. Learn how earthquakes are recorded, how the Grand Canyon was formed, about plate tectonics, how rock minerals are changed by weathering, how much of the Earth's surface is covered by water, and where icebergs originate. Discover the age of the Earth, how the ocean floor is mapped, how to sieve fossils from sea floor sediments, how garden snails provided a clue to the continental drift theory, what gases make up the atmosphere, and much, much more!
Here is a spectacular, thought-provoking and highly informative guide to the fascinating story of the Earth. Superb, full-color photography of geological equipment, rocks, minerals and 3D models reveals the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the world in which we live. See how glaciers create fjords, how beaches are shaped, where Africa is splitting apart along the Rift Valley, ocean-floor volcanoes, the atmosphere from space, the elements in the Earth's crust, and an exploded volcano. Learn how earthquakes are recorded, how the Grand Canyon was formed, about plate tectonics, how rock minerals are changed by weathering, how much of the Earth's surface is covered by water, and where icebergs originate. Discover the age of the Earth, how the ocean floor is mapped, how to sieve fossils from sea floor sediments, how garden snails provided a clue to the continental drift theory, what gases make up the atmosphere, and much, much more!
September 10, 2017
Good book held in multiple copies in Oakland libraries.
September 8, 2014
history and story of the science of the earth with pictures and explinations
October 30, 2011
a great resource for children, bold and striking pictures, and well researched information
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