Introduction
Publishing Details
The most updated version of “Earth – Evolution of a Habitable World” is the second edition which was published in 2013 and the first edition was published in 1999. It is a non- fiction book one Geography and Chemistry. The latest version of the book has been updated in different parts, for example, it has updated some pictures and information which are more relevant to the current situation of the Earth.
The author of the book is called Jonathan I. Lunine, he is one of the professor in Cornell University and the director of the center for radio-physics and Space Research.
Organization of the Book
This book mainly divided into four parts, they are: “The astronomical planet: Earth’s place in the cosmos”, “The measurable planet: tools to discern the history of Earth and the planets”, “The historical planet: Earth and solar system through time” and “The once and future planet”. These four parts are introduce about the elements that in the Earth, the method to know more about the Earth, the relation between the Earth and the Universe with the history of the Earth and how human affecting the Earth respectively. For each small chapters in different pasts, at the end of the chapters, there are some open-ended questions let the audiences to make an introspection into their mind. Also, if the readers who are interested in some topic, there are small part called “General Reading” at the end of each chapters to further reading and learning. In addition, there are index and some figures at the end of the book which can help readers easily to find the topics they want.
Main Theme of the Book
This book has two main theme, the first one, which included in the first three parts, is to ...
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...ect the Earth, it is because if the Earth being a wasteland, we do not have any alternative choices.
Conclusion
To conclude, this book is good for some people who did not study Geography and Chemistry before, it is because the writer presents concepts in non-technical language that can read easily. Also, it have some pictures and figures to make us know what is the reality of the Earth in the past and now.
In my opinion, I like one of the session called “Questions” in every chapters. Because it makes me think again what the chapters about and to test that am I know this topic well. Also, I can have chances to introspect about human and the Earth and think more about and do more about environmental protection for a sustainable development.
Finally, I would recommend this book to my friends who wants to protect the Earth because this book can inspire them so much.
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Here are some of the main points that I gathered from each chapter of this book:
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