The epochs of nature
Georges-Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffon ; translated and edited by Jan Zalasiewicz, Anne-Sophie Milon, and Mateusz Zalasiewicz ; introduction by Jan Zalasiewicz, Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald ; illustrations by Anne-Sophie Milon
Bok Engelsk 2018 Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon
| Originaltittel | [ Époques de la nature. .] English
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| Omfang | XXXIV, 190 sider : : illustrasjoner ;
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: Buffon and the history of the Earth / Jan Zalasiewicz, Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald -- The epochs of nature -- First discourse -- First epoch: when the Earth and the planets took their form -- Second epoch: when matter, being consolidated, formed the interior rock of the globe and the great vitrescible masses that are at its surface -- Third epoch: when the waters covered our continents -- Fourth epoch: when the waters retreated and the volcanoes became active -- Fifth epoch: when the elephants and the other animals of the south lived in the north -- Sixth epoch: when the separation of continents was made -- Seventh and last epoch: when the power of man has assisted that of nature -- Justifying notes to the facts reported in the epochs of nature -- On the first discourse.
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| ISBN | 022639543X (innbundet). - 9780226395432
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