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| ISBN: | 9780520954946
0520954947
1299051588
9781299051584
9780520239227
0520239229
0520248244
9780520248243
0520275926
9780520275928
0520239229
9780520248243
9780520275928
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| Notes: | First paperback printing 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
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| Summary: | In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation-nearly three billion years ago-to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events, Macdougall traces the lives of many of the brilliant and intriguing characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about. As it explains how the great Pleistocene Ice Age has shaped the earth's landscape and influenced the course of human evolution, F.
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| Other form: | Print version: Macdougall, Douglas. Frozen Earth : The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages. Berkerley : University of California Press, ©2013 9780520275928
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