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The dawn of animal life by M. F. Glaessner, Cambridge University Press, 1985. No. of pages: 244. Price: £9.95 (soft covers)

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1986
Tongue: English
Weight: 107 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0072-1050
DOI: 10.1002/gj.3350210124

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✦ Synopsis

From Landsat imagery to volcanic predictions, the evolution of life, deep-sea mining, desertification and the exploitation of Antarctica, EARTHSCOPE ranges through the many fields of earth science. It highlights modern, high technological studies and its stated aim is to relate recent advances in knowledge obtained through such techniques to existing principles of earth evolution. Throughout is the conservationist's message of knowledge leading to an increased respect for our planet.

Ten chapters each follow the increasingly familiar format of self-contained, double-page spread units: six to fourteen units make up each chapter. Each unit is well illustrated and with over six hundred coloured photographs and diagrams-some familiar favourites but many new and excitingthe visual impact is high. A disappointment was that there is no reference in the text to these excellent illustrations. Occasional contradictions occur: the volume of debris from the eruption of Tamhora in 1815 is given as 30cu km (text) and 50cu km (figure). The chapters cover geological processes and

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