earth

Provides information about the planet Earth, covering its size, orbit, appearance, atmosphere, moon, surface water, and more; and includes facts about space missions, global climate change, planetary evolution, and other related topics.

Explains the four seasons and why they occur. Describes the Earth's revolutions around the sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis.

Introduces the variety of land formations on Earth, from deserts to mountains to canyons, and describes how they are formed; visits Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska to show land formations created by glaciers; and presents a hands-on demonstration of moving water's impact on the earth's surface.

Explores the life of Leon, Foucault and outlines his many accomplishments and creations, such as the so-called "Foucault's pendulum," which finally proved the rotation of the Earth. Includes full-color illustrations.

Compares day and night as they appear to us and presents the scientific reasons for their occurrence.

The earth celebrates the birth of a newborn baby.

A fascinating account of the discoveries that reveal why Earth is the one planet in our solar system that can support life, surveying 100 key events in the evolutionary history of our planet.

"The acclaimed author of In Search of Schr?odinger's Cat searches for life on other planetsAre we alone in the universe? Surely amidst the immensity of the cosmos there must be other intelligent life out there. Don't be so sure, says John Gribbin, one of today's best popular science writers. In this fascinating and intriguing new book, Gribbin argues that the very existence of intelligent life anywhere in the cosmos is, from an astrophysicist's point of view, a miracle. So why is there life on Earth and (seemingly) nowhere else? What happened to make this planet special? Taking us back some 600 million years, Gribbin lets you experience the series of unique cosmic events that were responsible for our unique form of life within the Milky Way Galaxy. Written by one of our foremost popular science writers, author of the bestselling In Search of Schr?odinger's Cat offers a bold answer to the eternal question, "Are we alone in the universe?" Explores how the impact of a "supercomet" with Venus 600 million years ago created our moon, and along with it, the perfect conditions for life on Earth from one of our most talented science writers, this book is a daring, fascinating exploration into the dawning of the universe, cosmic collisions and their consequences, and the uniqueness of life on Earth"--.