Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space: The Great Extinction by David

Description: Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space by David Brez Carlisle This book explains why most life on earth perished 65 million years ago. It presents a new explanation of the Cretaceious-Tertiary Boundary event. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book explains, in a new and convincing theory, why most life on earth perished 65 million years ago. Intended for a broad audience, the book will also be of great interest to scientists - most of whom now agree that an object from outer space hit the earth with unimaginable force 65 million years ago. But what kind of object? Carlisles scenario suggests that the event was a complex sequence, beginning with a nearby star turning supernova. The first effect of this on earth was the arrival of massive radiation, ten or twenty times the heat of the sun, igniting worldwide forest fires. The blast also perturbed the cloud of comets that surrounds the solar system, and some few centuries later one or more of these (loaded with interstellar diamonds) hit the earth, producing nuclear winter and causing a tremendous acidification of the oceans. Each step of this theory is backed up by hard evidence. Back Cover In this lively and accessible book an internationally known scientist proposes a scenario that explains why, in the great extinction 65 million years ago, certain groups of animals such as the dinosaurs were extinguished while others survived. Table of Contents 1. Introduction. 2. The badlands of Alberta. 3. Death and survival. 4. The cretaceous-tertiary boundary. 5. The solar system, vortices, and comets. 6. Bolide impacts and vulcanism. 7. Theories of the periodicity of extinctions. 8. Meteors and meteorites. 9. What hit at the cretaceous-tertiary boundary. 10. The energetics of impactors. 11. Supernovae and cometary acceleration. 12. The search for supernova debris. 13. A scenario. 14. Implications for evolution. Review In this lively and accessible book an internationally known scientist proposes a scenario that explains why, in the great extinction 65 million years ago, certain groups of animals such as the dinosaurs were extinguished while others survived. "...[T]his book offers a compelling and provocative theory for the mass extinction of most life on earth that occurred 65 million years ago...Appealing and accessible to a general audience, but also an indispensible reference for students of science." - Southeastern Naturalist Review Quote "...[T]his book offers a compelling and provocative theory for the mass extinction of most life on earth that occurred 65 million years ago....Appealing and accessible to a general audience, but also an indispensible reference for students of science." Details ISBN0804723923 Author David Brez Carlisle Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1995 ISBN-10 0804723923 ISBN-13 9780804723923 Format Hardcover Imprint Stanford University Press Subtitle The Great Extinction Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States DEWEY 523.1 Illustrations 61 line diagrams Pages 264 Publication Date 1995-06-01 Short Title Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780804723923 UK Release Date 1995-06-01 AU Release Date 1995-06-01 NZ Release Date 1995-06-01 US Release Date 1995-06-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159685283;

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