The Story Of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, From Stardust To Living Planet (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
A 'four star' book for the author and two stars for me. I've been snarky reviewing books I found simplistic but now I need to point my SnarkMaster 3000 inward. This book so exceeded my elementary knowledge of science that I re-listened to several sections, more than twice sometimes. Having loved Bryson's, "A Brief History of Everything" I thought I was grounded. Nope, a babe in the woods. I learned tons but lost the trail frequently. A great book on the evolution of our planet, too bad this reader needs a run at Geology for Dummies first. Read it ... twice, perhaps but dive in. It's worth it! I put off reading this one for kind of a long time because I thought it would just be the same ol' same ol', you know? I thought it would be mostly things I already knew, and therefore boring. Not so! Well, a lot of things I did already know, but the thing is, I kind of loved Hazen's way of describing things--for the first time I felt like I could actually SEE what the earth looked liked waaaaaaaay back when, and that was super cool. Anyway, I totally enjoyed this one a lot, and the narrator is great as well. I'll probably give other books of Hazen's a try at some point too.
What do You think about The Story Of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, From Stardust To Living Planet (2012)?
Excellent science lesson and it really ties in planetary geology and the physics of geology well.
—khyati
Great read. Can't wait to dig deeper into many of the areas covered in this book.
—seaspear
An excellent book for anyone interested in the geologic history of the Earth.
—diahannC
Nice short history of Earth's geological history. I recommend.
—ayoitscaro
My inner Geek says "Read it again, read it again".
—nick
