{"title":"Books by Andrew H. Knoll","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780062853929","title":"A Brief History of Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A sublime chronicle of our planet.\" –\u003cem\u003eBooklist,\u003c\/em\u003e STARRED review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched atop a mountain range, or roamed by fearsome monsters. Probably most or even all of the above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller. But only recently have we begun to piece together the whole mystery into a coherent narrative. Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. 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But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a compelling new explanation for the emergence of biological novelty. The very latest discoveries in paleontology--many of them made by the author and his students--are integrated with emerging insights from molecular biology and earth system science to forge a broad understanding of how the biological diversity that surrounds us came to be. Moving from Siberia to Namibia to the Bahamas, Knoll shows how life and environment have evolved together through Earth's history. Innovations in biology have helped shape our air and oceans, and, just as surely, environmental change has influenced the course of evolution, repeatedly closing off opportunities for some species while opening avenues for others.   Readers go into the field to confront fossils, enter the lab to discern the inner workings of cells, and alight on Mars to ask how our terrestrial experience can guide exploration for life beyond our planet. Along the way, Knoll brings us up-to-date on some of science's hottest questions, from the oldest fossils and claims of life beyond the Earth to the hypothesis of global glaciation and Knoll's own unifying concept of \"permissive ecology.\" In laying bare Earth's deepest biological roots, Life on a Young Planet helps us understand our own place in the universe--and our responsibility as stewards of a world four billion years in the making. In a new preface, Knoll describes how the field has broadened and deepened in the decade since the book's original publication.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294528287093,"sku":"9780691165530","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691165530_f19819fc-0ccf-4e12-9f22-ff25583343bc.jpg?v=1786014794"},{"product_id":"9780691182230","title":"Earth and Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the world-renowned geobiologist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, the epic story of a planetary conversation four billion years in the making\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did the world as we know it—from the soil beneath our feet to the air we breathe and the life that surrounds us—come to be? Geologists have proposed one set of answers while biologists have proposed another. \u003ci\u003eEarth and Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to reveal why we need to listen to both voices—the physical and the biological—to understand how we and our planet became possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this captivating book, Andrew Knoll traces how all life is sustained by Earth’s geological and atmospheric dynamics, and how life itself shapes the physical environment. Taking readers on a thrilling journey across four billion years of Earth history, he shows how Earth and life interact to cycle the very elements of life from rocks, water, and air, and how these and related processes control our climate, regulate our atmosphere, and support the diversification of life-forms great and small. Along the way, Knoll explains how we can draw on this history as we navigate the challenges of the Anthropocene, and how it can aid our search for life elsewhere in the universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending cutting-edge science with illuminating insights from a leading expert, \u003ci\u003eEarth and Life\u003c\/i\u003e explains how this ongoing interplay holds vital lessons for us today as humanity becomes an increasingly major voice in the conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368103981429,"sku":"9780691182230","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691182230_bd04504c-deea-4a8c-bac7-5de3f11e8b0e.jpg?v=1786015034"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-andrew-h-knoll.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}