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The earth

Richard A. Fortey

2004429 pagesabout 7–10 hours
2004
first published
  • 2005Knopf · 429 pages · ENGISBN 9780375406263
  • 2005Harper Perennial · 501 pages · ENGISBN 9780006551379

"The face of the earth, crisscrossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed and changed again over billions of years, and the testament of the remote past is all around us. In this book Richard Fortey teaches us how to read its character, laying out the dominions of the world before us. He shows how human culture and natural history - even the shape of cities - are rooted in this deep geological past."--BOOK JACKET.

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