Understanding Earth - Softcover

The fifth edition of "Understanding Earth" continues the book's enduring goal, to help students understand what physical geology teaches us about the world and what it brings to our lives. Two new co-authors have introduced a wealth of recent data and applications to keep the science on the cutting edge. Students will enjoy coming to learn how we know what we know, and how that knowledge impacts our lives as citizens and consumers. It supplements "Instructor's Resource Manual" (0-7167-4507-0), "Enhanced Instructor's Resource CD" (0-7167-4509-7), "Slide Set with Lecture Notes" (0-7167-2901-6), "Overhead Transparency Set" (0-7167-5780X), "Test Bank CD-ROM" (0-7167-5783-4), "Printed Test Bank" (0-7167-5784-2), "Student Study Guide" (0-7167-3981-X), and "Lecture Notebook" (0-7167-4446-5).

JOHN GROTZINGER researches the chemical development of the early oceans and atmosphere and the environmental context of early animal evolution at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. THOMAS H. JORDAN is based at the University of Southern California where his specialist topics include the nature of plate-tectonic flow and the question of mantle stratification. FRANK PRESS has made pioneering contributions to the fields of Geophysics, Oceanography, lunar and planetary sciences and natural resource exploration. He has been named most influential scientist in the U