Publication Date: October 17, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0393935183 ISBN-13 :978-0,393,935,189 Edition: Fourth Edition
Innovation and to date the number one geological textbook.
The fourth version of the Earth: a portrait of the planet to provide an authoritative, but the perfect balance between the accessible text and a stunning narrative art. This makes it the book, the first choice for teachers and students who have a variety of teaching and learning in their own style. Fourth Edition of the best-selling text constitutes a major revision, packed with the latest updates and new features, such as beautiful and innovative narrative figures to promote inquiry-based teaching methods to strengthen the core narrative, hundreds of new photos and reports of hot spots topics such as the March 2011 earthquake / tsunami destroyed Japan, the rare element crisis, changes in the price of oil, as well as the recent tornado outbreak.