Краткая история Земли: четыре миллиарда лет в вось

Khorosho li my znaem zemli͡u pod nashimi nogami?Skoree vsego, to mesto, gde seĭchas stoit vash dom, kogda-to omyvalosʹ burli͡ashchimi potokami lavy, pri͡atalosʹ pod tolstym ledi͡anym pokrovom, sotri͡asalosʹ ot udara meteorita, zadykhalosʹ ot i͡adovitykh gazov, utopalo v okeane, voznosilosʹ na vershinu gornogo khrebta ili davalo prii͡ut ustrashai͡ushchim doistoricheskim zhivotnym.Istorii͡a nasheĭ planety i naseli͡ai͡ushchikh ee organizmov po masshtabnosti i zrelishchnosti ne ustupaet gollivudskim blokbasteram. A neveroi͡atnye povoroty si͡uzheta zachastui͡u zakhvatyvai͡ut bolʹshe, chem populi͡arnyĭ fėntezi-roman.Uchenye otnositelʹno nedavno nachali sobiratʹ drevnie taĭny mirozdanii͡a v svi͡aznoe povestvovanie. Opirai͡asʹ na desi͡atiletii͡a polevykh issledovaniĭ i noveĭshie dostizhenii͡a nauki, znamenityĭ geolog Ėndri͡u Noll predstavli͡aet vnimanii͡u chitateleĭ podrobnui͡u biografii͡u Zemli - ėpopei͡u, okhvatyvai͡ushchui͡u bolee chetyrekh milliardov let.'Kratkai͡a istorii͡a Zemli' - khroniki planety, rozhdennoĭ iz kamenistykh oblomkov vokrug neprimetnoĭ molodoĭ zvezdy i prii͡utivsheĭ na svoikh prostorakh Zhiznʹ.

Do we know the ground well under our feet?Most likely, the place where your house now stands was once washed by boiling lava flows, hid under a thick ice sheet, was shaken by a meteorite impact, suffocated by poisonous gases, drowned in the ocean, ascended to the top of a mountain range or sheltered terrifying prehistoric animals.The history of our planet and the organisms inhabiting it is not inferior in scale and entertainment to Hollywood blockbusters. And incredible plot twists often capture more than a popular fantasy novel.Scientists have recently begun to collect the ancient secrets of the universe into a coherent narrative. Based on decades of field research and the latest achievements of science, the famous geologist Andrew Knoll presents to readers a detailed biography of the Earth - an epic spanning more than four billion years.'A Brief History of the Earth' is a chronicle of a planet born from rocky debris around an inconspicuous young star and sheltering Life in its vastness.