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Breve historia de la tierra: Cuatro mil millones de años en ocho capítulos
Andrew H. Knoll
3.77 AVERAGE
280 reviews for:
Breve historia de la tierra: Cuatro mil millones de años en ocho capítulos
Andrew H. Knoll
3.77 AVERAGE
libby time ran out :( (for a four hour book LOL)
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A quick read that covered a lot of ground. I found it pretty understandable as someone from a science background but who doesn't know much of the topics covered, so there was a lot of new information. The audiobook reading worked well enough, although I suspect it might have stayed more organised in my mind with some of the diagrams and pictures included in the physical version. There was a good mix of space physics, geology, paleoclimatology, evolutionary biology and anthropogenic climate change. It was all structured in quite an easy to follow chronology, and Knoll was quite good at explaining the different ideas and concepts (as you'd expect from his background). I personally appreciated how along with the established knowledge of Earth's history, he would also say where the science isn't yet decided and what potential hypotheses there are. This was just what I was looking for as a quick primer on geological history - a good book to whet my appetite on a range of topics but I'll need to read other works to get deeper into what was introduced here.
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Great overview and well written. I enjoyed reading it even though I am familiar with most of the topics discussed. I felt it would be a little too technical for a general audience, but pick it up if it’s a topic in which you have interest
This was a really good and comprehensive overview of Earth's history, I enjoyed it and learned a lot. Knoll takes an interdisciplinary approach to explaining the emergence and development of the planet through its various eras and periods.
I did have a few issues. Because its meant to be concise, some things get glossed over and I found some aspects here and there to be disjointed. I also wish that it centered a little bit more on the human/anthropological focus. Like instead of one chapter in the end that focused on humans, maybe have two or three - we kinda went from talking about early hominids to climate change pretty quickly with not enough focus on the in between.
I should say though that this was an audiobook listen for me, and while the narration was super well done, listening to a very sciency book with my attention deficit issues and general science illiteracy was not the best idea, so I'd say that that's something to consider before going into it.
Overall great read, or listen I guess.
I did have a few issues. Because its meant to be concise, some things get glossed over and I found some aspects here and there to be disjointed. I also wish that it centered a little bit more on the human/anthropological focus. Like instead of one chapter in the end that focused on humans, maybe have two or three - we kinda went from talking about early hominids to climate change pretty quickly with not enough focus on the in between.
I should say though that this was an audiobook listen for me, and while the narration was super well done, listening to a very sciency book with my attention deficit issues and general science illiteracy was not the best idea, so I'd say that that's something to consider before going into it.
Overall great read, or listen I guess.