Vanishing Life: The Mystery of Mass Extinctions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416994220)

From the author of Optics and Shifting Shores comes a detailed and mesmerizing look into the mystery of mass extinctions.

Vanishing Life takes readers into the fascinating phenomenon of mass extinction as Jeff Hecht bust myths with shocking facts in this spellbinding book.

In clear and lucid style, Hecht explores the geological evidence of extinction and its interpretation, the evolution of species, fossilization, and the theories by which science attempts to explain various "dyings."

Author: Jeff Hecht
ISBN-10: 141699422X
ISBN-13: 9781416994220
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2009
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.34d