The Mountains of Saint Francis : Discovering the Geologic Events that Shaped our Earth by Walter Álvarez

The Mountains of Saint Francis : Discovering the Geologic Events that Shaped our Earth

Walter Álvarez

304 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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Walter Alvarez and his team made one of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the twentieth century-that an asteroid smashed into the Earth 65 million years ago, exterminating the dinosaurs. Alvarez had the first glimmer of that amazing i...

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