From the Publisher:
An abbreviated version of the best-selling text, Earth Science, 7/E. This text offers a user-friendly overview of our physical environment, placing a particular emphasis on readability, with clear, example-driven explanations.
From the Back Cover:
A brief, paperback version of the best-selling Earth Science, 9/E, this book offers a reader-friendly overview of the physical environment. It contains an engaging writing style, carefully crafted art program, and coverage of the most recent current events. The seven-part organization provides an exploration of earth materials, earth's external processes, earth's internal processes, deciphering earth's history, the global ocean, the atmosphere, and earth's place in the universe. For individuals interested in the science of the earth—and the issues, principles, and concepts integral to it.
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