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Ḥayaṿ u-moto shel kadur ha-arets / Piṭer D. Ṿord, Donald Braʼunli ; me-Anglit Itamar Perat.

Title
Ḥayaṿ u-moto shel kadur ha-arets / Piṭer D. Ṿord, Donald Braʼunli ; me-Anglit Itamar Perat.
Author
Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-
Publication
Tel Aviv : ʻAm ʻoved, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Brownlee, Donald
  • Perat, Itamar.
Description
191 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Planet Earth is middle-aged. Science has worked hard to piece together the story of the evolution of our world up to this point, but only recently have we developed the understanding and the tools to describe the entire life cycle of a planet. Ward and Brownlee, a geologist and an astronomer respectively, combine their knowledge of how the critical sustaining systems of our planet evolve through time with their understanding of the life cycles of stars and solar systems, to tell the story of the second half of Earth's life. The process of evolution will essentially reverse itself: life as we know it will subside until only the simplest forms remain. Eventually, they too will disappear. The oceans will evaporate, the atmosphere will degrade, and, as the sun slowly expands, Earth itself will eventually meet a fiery end. --From publisher description.
Series Statement
Sifriyat Ofaḳim ; 255
Uniform Title
  • Life and death of planet earth. Hebrew
  • Sifriyat ofaḳim
  • Sifriyat ofaḳim ; 255.
Alternative Title
Life and death of planet earth.
Subject
  • End of the world (Astronomy)
  • Exobiology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-180) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
9651318325
OCLC
  • 76769258
  • SCSB-12750372
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library