The Earth Through Time [Import] [Hardcover]

Harold L. Levin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 14, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0470000201 | ISBN-13: 978-0470000205 | Edition: 7

This best-selling historical geology text provides an excellent balance of basic geology and paleontology. The Earth Through Time, Seventh Edition, provides rich, authoritative coverage of the history of the Earth, offering the most comprehensive history in the discipline today. The Seventh Edition maintains its strong approach to stratigraphy and paleontology that other texts have lost, as well as including new discussion of key National Park expanded discussion of topics such as the "snowball Earth" and recent cladistic analyses. The text's paleogeographic maps are excellent in detail and are a vital component in understanding the earth's history.

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From the Back Cover

EXPERIENCE THE EARTH'S PAST AS WE KNOW IT TODAY!

Through six best-selling editions, Harold Levin's THE EARTH THROUGH TIME has proven that studying the ancient world doesn't have to be a passive experience. Instead, the text encourages you to make the Earth's history your own and to get involved in the material. As our understanding of paleogeography grows and the feild advances, this text consistently keeps the pace. The new edition features updated and revised content as well as outstanding art and highly motivated pedagogy.

Highlight s of the Seventh Edition:

• Balanced coverage of basic geology and paleontology. The Seventh Edition maintains its strong approach to stratigraphy and paleontology.
• Expanded coverage of Hadean history, Precambrian glaciations, and microbial life in harsh environments, as well as cladistic interpretation of reptiles, additional information and illustrations of the origin of igneous rocks, and the historical significance of metamorphic facies.
• Stunning artwork that brings the ancient world to life. In addition, the text is richly illustrated with geologic block diagrams, cross-sections, stratigraphic maps, paleogeographic maps, and phylogenetic trees.
• Geology of National Parks boxes, including several that are new to this edition, provide further illustrations of concepts examined in the text.
• New Enrichment boxes include the "Origin of the Universe," "Geosynclinal Hypothesis Displaced by Plate Tectonics," and "Can We Bring Back the Dinosaurs?"
• A Comprehensive Web Site
  (www.wiley.com/college/levin<), including hot links, new items, chapter notes, quizzes, links to study aids, writing tips, reference materials, a glossary, career services, and more.

About the Author

Harold ("Hal") Levin began his career as a petroleum geologist in 1956 after receiving bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Missouri and a doctorate from Washington University. His fondness for teaching brought him  back to Washington University in 1962, where he is currently professor of geology and paleontology in  the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. His writing efforts include authorship of seven edition of The Earth Through Time, four editions of Contemporary Physical Geology; Essentials of Earth Science and co-authorship of Earth: Past and Present, as well as eight editions of Laboratory Studies in Historical Geology; Life Through Time, and more recently, Ancient Invertebrates and Their Living Relatives.
For his courses in physical geology, historical geology, paleontology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy, Hal has received several awards for excellence in teaching. The accompanying photograph was taken during a lecture on life of the Cenozoic Era. The horse skull serves to illustrate changes in the teeth and jaws of grazing animals in response to the spread of prairies and savannahs during the Miocene and subsequent epochs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 632 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 7 edition (January 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470000201
• ISBN-13: 978-0470000205
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Earth Sciences > Geology > Historical
  • #35 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Paleontology

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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mexican opinion., December 20, 1999

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Mauricio Charles (Mexico City, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Earth Through Time (Saunders golden sunburst series) (Hardcover)

The book is so good to understand the earth's evolution and the origin of the features of the planet. If you live on the Nortamerican plate this book shows you the history or your place. If you are not in America, may be you will disgusting because the title describes to much of the evolution in norteamerica and avoids a little the other parts of the word. Although is still a very good textbook for Historical Geology, and you will enjoy to read it, it's like to read a novel, a novel full of imagens, a very good edition. Recommended for nongraduated estudents.

Este libro es muy bueno para entender la historia de la Tierra y los porigenes de las caracteristicas del planeta...el porque la Tierra es como es. Solo que hace mucho enfasis en el continente americano, sobre todo en la geologia del escudo canadiense y si tu no vives en America tal ves te desespere ver que trata mucho de esta parte del globo. Pero aun asi es un excelente libro para el curso de Geologia Historica..vivas donde vivas. Su lectura es muy amena, es como leer una novela y aparte esta lleno de imagenes, esta muy buen ilustrado, muy buena edicion. Recomendado para estudiantes universitarios.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Earth history, January 18, 2008

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Lee Martin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Earth Through Time (Hardcover)

I have an older edition from my time at Ohio State about 15 years ago and much has changed. I love the newer edition with more precambrian history and evolutionary history of major fauna groups. The book is heavily illustrated which is a big plus. I like the bibliography and have used those sources to order books to get a different perspective. Great undergraduate book.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Earth Through Time, April 22, 2005

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Bill R. Clark - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Earth Through Time (Hardcover)

I first used the 4th Edition, at Marshall University, Huntington, WV. The 7th Edition is an excellent textbook, it covers all the basics of paleo, and geology. Also, it keeps abreast of the latest in geological research. It is use in 3 colleges, in the immediate area. Also, the study guide will assist in a better grasp of the materials. Recomend it to any one that wants a better understanding of earth. I ordered mine through [e-mail]