{"product_id":"how-the-earth-turned-green-joseph-e-armstrong-9780226069777","title":"How the Earth Turned Green: A Brief 3.8-Billion-Year History of Plants","description":"On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. Fossil and phylogenetic evidence suggests that chlorophyll, the green pigment responsible for coloring these organisms, has been in existence for some 85% of Earth's long history--that is, for roughly 3.5 billion years. In \u003ci\u003eHow the Earth Turned Green, \u003c\/i\u003eJoseph E. Armstrong traces the history of these verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from their ancient beginnings to the diversity of green life that inhabits the Earth today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using an evolutionary framework, \u003ci\u003eHow the Earth Turned Green\u003c\/i\u003e addresses questions such as: Should all green organisms be considered plants? Why do these organisms look the way they do? How are they related to one another and to other chlorophyll-free organisms? How do they reproduce? How have they changed and diversified over time? And how has the presence of green organisms changed the Earth's ecosystems? More engaging than a traditional textbook and displaying an astonishing breadth, \u003ci\u003eHow the Earth Turned Green\u003c\/i\u003e will both delight and enlighten embryonic botanists and any student interested in the evolutionary history of plants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph E. Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022606977X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226069777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 1174","brand":"Joseph E. Armstrong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994820706559,"sku":"9780226069777","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_126a1e9e-4ac1-4f7b-9e09-a64f8e665681.jpg?v=1683332371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-the-earth-turned-green-joseph-e-armstrong-9780226069777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}