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Earth Science: Earth's Surface & History
This subset explores the land masses and seas of the world. It describes mountain ranges, the oceans, continental movement, and a wide variety of features that have influenced life on earth. Detailed explorations of the evolution of dinosaurs, fish, birds, plant life and humans, as they were influences by earth's surface, fill this set. Fantastic disruptions, from Mount St. Helens to the ice ages are woven into the story of how the earth influences everything.
The Earth Science multi-volume set consists of four, two-volume subsets:
- Physics & Chemistry of the Earth
- Earth's Surface & History
- Earth Materials & Resources
- Earth's Weather, Water & Atmosphere
These individual subsets can be purchased individually (see below)
This subset explores the land masses and seas of the world. It describes mountain ranges, the oceans, continental movement, and a wide variety of features that have influenced life on earth. Detailed explorations of the evolution of dinosaurs, fish, birds, plant life and humans, as they were influences by earth's surface, fill this set. Fantastic disruptions, from Mount St. Helens to the ice ages are woven into the story of how the earth influences everything.
ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT
All of the essays begin with ready-reference top matter, including a summary statement in which the contributing author explains why the topic is important to the study of the Earth and its processes. A listing of principal terms and their definitions helps to orient the reader to the essay. The text itself is broken by informative subheadings that guide the readers to areas of particular interest. An annotated and updated bibliography closes each essay referring the reader to external sources for further study that are of use to both students and non specialists. Finally, a lost of cross-references directs the reader to other essays in the five volumes that offer information on related topics.
FINDING AIDS AND SPECIAL FEATURES
A host of cross-references directs the reader to other essays that offer information on related topics. At the end of every volume, several appendices are designed to assist in the retrieval of information. As mentioned above, the alphabetical list of contents lists all essays alphabetically by title, followed by page numbers. The categorized list of contents, more detailed than the general table of contents breaks the essays into useful categories to offer readers access to related essays.
The full eight-volume set also includes more than 300 illustrations - tables, charts, drawings, and photographs - that display basic principles, phenomena and geological features of our world and the solar system.
Librarians, students and general readers alike will turn to this reference work for both basic information and current developments, from plate tectonics through the latest discoveries on Mars, presented in easy-to-understand language with copious reference aids.
AVAILABLE AS AN EIGHT-VOLUME SET, OR AS INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES
Earth Science, 8-Volume Set |
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Earth's Weather, Water & Atmosphere |
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Earth Materials & Resources |
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Physics & Chemistry of the Earth |
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