'T. Rex' and the Crater of Doom

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory.

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Walter Alvarez
With a new Foreword by Carl Zimmer

Résumé

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsuna

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"If you love mysteries and enjoy science, this is a wonderful book to read."

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Walter Alvarez, Alvarez Walter
• Collaboration: Carl Zimmer (Préface), Zimmer Carl (Préface)
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780691169668
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16966-8
• Pages: 208
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 15 mm
• Thèmes: Princeton Science Library; Princeton Science Library (Pap; Princeton Science Library
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Paléontologie; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Palaeontology, Geomorphology and geological surface processes