Earth Science (With CD-ROM)

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A textbook for an introductory undergraduate course for students who have little background in science and may be taking the course to satisfy the school's breadth requirements. Covers the four primary disciplines of geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. Much color is used, sometimes strikingly, throughout for illustrations and graphs. The CD-ROM contains a dynamic program that reinforces key concepts with animations, tutorials, and interactive exercises. Considerable support material is available for instructors. The editions between 1976 and 1982 were published by Merrill and those in 1991 and 1994 by Macmillan; the previous edition was in 1998. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Book Description
Earth Science offers a reader-friendly overview of our physical environment for the reader with little or no exposure to science. The emphasis is on readability, with clear explanations and examples, superb illustrations by the renowned Dennis Tasa, and an incredible collection of full color photographs and topographical maps. Topics covered in this highly readable and interesting book are geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. For readers needing a basic informational book about Earth Science.

The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
This text offers a user-friendly overview of our physical environment with balanced, up- to-date coverage of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. The emphasis is on readability, with clear, example-driven explanations refined by over twenty years of instructor and student feedback. The text takes full advantage of the subject's visual appeal -- discussions are reinforced with a superb collection of color photos -- over 550 new to this edition -- along with newly redrafted illustrations by highly respected earth science illustrator, Dennis Tasa.


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A textbook for an introductory undergraduate course for students who have little background in science and may be taking the course to satisfy the school's breadth requirements. Covers the four primary disciplines of geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. Much color is used, sometimes strikingly, throughout for illustrations and graphs. The CD-ROM contains a dynamic program that reinforces key concepts with animations, tutorials, and interactive exercises. Considerable support material is available for instructors. The editions between 1976 and 1982 were published by Merrill and those in 1991 and 1994 by Macmillan; the previous edition was in 1998. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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