Biography of the Earth: Its Past, Present and Future

by George Gamow

From Back Cover: "How did the birth of the Earth come about? How was the Moon, Earth's offspring, born? What good are earthquakes? How hot is the Earth's center? How did life originate on the Earth? Read the answers in this absorbing illustrated book that tells the whole exciting story of our Earth's birth, its growth and change, and gives a startling preview of its probable future."

Genres: Geology, Science

Paperback

First published September 1, 1941

About the author

George Gamow (Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡaməf:]; March 4 [O.S. February 20:] 1904 – August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist born in the Russian Empire. He discovered alpha decay via quantum tunneling and worked on radioactive decay of the atomic nucleus, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, big bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background, nucleocosmogenesis and genetics.

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[Salim]

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