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This is planet Earth : your ultimate guide to the world we call home

Material type: TextTextSeries: NewScientist | New Scientist instant expertPublication details: Boston, MA : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, c2018. Description: xiv, 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781473670389
  • 9781473629776
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551 PL AN
Online resources: Summary: "Formed from the debris of the Big Bang and long-dead stars, Earth has been both a hellish modern blob and a giant snowball. For a billion years it nurtured strange lifeforms before committing a global genocide. In doing so, it created the conditions for life as we know it, and today its ozone layer and magnetic field protect that life from the worst ravages of the Sun."--Back cover.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 551 PL AN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available June2020 T0063939

Includes index.

"Formed from the debris of the Big Bang and long-dead stars, Earth has been both a hellish modern blob and a giant snowball. For a billion years it nurtured strange lifeforms before committing a global genocide. In doing so, it created the conditions for life as we know it, and today its ozone layer and magnetic field protect that life from the worst ravages of the Sun."--Back cover.

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