Facts on File Earth Science Handbook
PRODUCT DETAILS
Offers students a comprehensive, one-stop reference, with almost 1,400 glossary entries. Features updated information on topics such as acid rain, air pollution, the Antarctic circle, asteroids, barrier reefs, and common rocks. Provides biographies for Aristotle, Nicolas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Edwin Hubble, Sir Isaac Newton, Ptolemy, and Carl Sagan. Table, charts, and diagrams include: Beaufort wind scale, cloud chart, dinosaur classification, geologic table, ice ages, and major hurricanes. Also includes more than 150 important advances in earth science, a list of 50 websites, and much more. 272 pages. Hardcover.
