The Pulse of the Planet: A State of the Earth Report from the Smithsonian Institution Center for Short-Lived Phenomena

by Smithsonian Institution, John Suroweicki

129 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1972

About the author

Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution or simply the Smithsonian is a group of museums, education and research centres created by the United States federal government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge"