Ideal for undergraduates with little or no science background,Earth Science is a student-friendly overview of our physical environment that offers balanced, up-to-date coverage of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. The authors focus on readability, with clear, example-driven explanations of concepts and events. The Thirteenth Edition incorporates a new active learning approach, a fully updated visual program, and is available for the first time with MasteringGeology--the most complete, easy-to-use, engaging tutorial and assessment tool available, and also entirely new to the Earth science course.
| ISBN | 0321709969 | | Pages | 768 | | ISBN13 | 9780321709967
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1496 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Imprint | Pearson Education (US) | | Previous ISBN | 9780137138166 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 276 | | Publication date | 03 Jan 2011 | | Width (mm) | 229 | | DEWEY | 550 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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1: Introduction to Earth Science Unit 1 Earth Minerals 2: Matter and Minerals 3: Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth Unit 2 Sculpturing Earth's Surface 4: Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting 5: Running Water and Ground Water 6: Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind Unit 3 Forces Within 7: Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds 8: Earthquakes and Earth's Interior 9: Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity 10: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building Unit 4 Deciphering Earth's History 11: Geologic Time 12: Earth's Evolution Through Geologic Time Unit 5 The Global Ocean 13: The Ocean Floor 14: Ocean Water and Ocean Life 15: The Dynamic Ocean Unit 6 Earth's Dynamic Atmosphere 16: The Atmosphere: Composition, Structure, and Temperature 17: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation 18: Air Pressure and Wind 19: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms 20: World Climates and Global Climate Change Unit 7 Earth's Place in the Universe 21: Origins of Modern Astronomy 22: Planetary Geology 23: Light, Astronomical Observations, and The Sun 24: Beyond Our Solar System
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