The Oryx Guide to Natural History
eBook - PDF

The Oryx Guide to Natural History

The Earth and All Its Inhabitants

  1. 265 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Oryx Guide to Natural History

The Earth and All Its Inhabitants

About this book

Ideal for librarians, instructors, and students, this superior, one-stop reference guide makes finding answers to natural history questions or doing research a breeze. More than just an answer book on natural history, this unique guide provides understanding into the history of science itself. Readers get rare insight into the beginnings of a scientific event, how it evolved, and who were some of the key scientists along the way. Recent scientific controversies also are included. Covering the history of earth and its living creatures, this special reference contains 30 chapters on topics in geology, oceanography, climatology, meteorology, biology, paleontology, and anthropology.

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Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
1999
Print ISBN
9781573561594
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780313371820
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Science
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Tables
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1: Amphibians
  5. Chapter 2: Animals
  6. Chapter 3: Arthropods
  7. Chapter 4: Atmosphere
  8. Chapter 5: Bacteria and Viruses
  9. Chapter 6: Birds
  10. Chapter 7: Classification of Organisms
  11. Chapter 8: Climate and Weather
  12. Chapter 9: Cytology
  13. Chapter 10: Dinosaurs
  14. Chapter 11: Earth
  15. Chapter 12: Earthquakes
  16. Chapter 13: Evolution
  17. Chapter 14: Extinction
  18. Chapter 15: Fish
  19. Chapter 16: Fossils
  20. Chapter 17: Fungi
  21. Chapter 18: Genetics
  22. Chapter 19: Geologic Time Scale
  23. Chapter 20: Humans
  24. Chapter 21: Life
  25. Chapter 22: Moon
  26. Chapter 23: Mountains
  27. Chapter 24: Oceans
  28. Chapter 25: Plants
  29. Chapter 26: Protista
  30. Chapter 27: Reptiles
  31. Chapter 28: Solar System
  32. Chapter 29: Universe
  33. Chapter 30: Volcanoes
  34. Appendix A: Careers in Natural History
  35. Appendix B: Natural History Sites on the World Wide Web
  36. Glossary
  37. References
  38. Index

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