On Time and Water
Andri Snær Magnason
2019 · 2021 edition
352 pages
The most popular earth sciences books
Earth sciences books explain the planet under your feet and the sky above it. Rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, oceans, weather and climate are all covered, along with the deep history of the Earth. Read them to understand the landscape around you and the forces still shaping it.
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John McPhee
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215 pages
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336 pages
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Jeff Goodell
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The Men Who United the States
Simon Winchester
Published 2013
496 pages
Life
Richard Fortey
1997 · 1998 edition
368 pages
Unstoppable
Bill Nye
Published 2015
352 pages
The Travels
Marco Polo
1974 · 2016 edition
380 pages
Land How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
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Published 2021
446 pages
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Jelmer Mommers
2019 · 2020 edition
224 pages
Slow Down
Kohei Saito
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264 pages
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400 pages
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Paul Hawken
2017 · 2018 edition
256 pages
Eager The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
Ben Goldfarb
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286 pages
The Little Ice Age
Brian M. Fagan
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288 pages
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Donald R. Prothero, Carl Buell
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408 pages
The Universe Within
Neil Shubin
Published 2013
240 pages