{"product_id":"how-to-build-a-habitable-planet-the-story-of-earth-from-the-big-bang-to-humankind-revised-and-expanded-edition-8601400350997","title":"How to Build a Habitable Planet: The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Build a Habitable Planet: The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e by Broecker, Wallace. hardcover edition. ISBN: 8601400350997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic introduction to the story of Earths origin and evolution―revised and expanded for the twenty-first century\n\nSince its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang through the rise of human civilization. This classic account of how our habitable planet was assembled from the stuff of stars introduced readers to planetary, Earth, and climate science by way of a fascinating narrative. Now this great book has been made even better. Harvard geochemist Charles Langmuir has worked closely with the original author, Wally Broecker, one of the worlds leading Earth scientists, to revise and expand the book for a new generation of readers for whom active planetary stewardship is becoming imperative.\n\nInterweaving physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology, this sweeping account tells Earth’s complete story, from the synthesis of chemical elements in stars, to the formation of the Solar System, to the evolution of a habitable climate on Earth, to the origin of life and humankind. The book also addresses the search for other habitable worlds in the Milky Way and contemplates whether Earth will remain habitable as our influence on global climate grows. It concludes by considering the ways in which humankind can sustain Earth’s habitability and perhaps even participate in further planetary evolution.\n\nLike no other book, How to Build a Habitable Planet provides an understanding of Earth in its broadest context, as well as a greater appreciation of its possibly rare ability to sustain life over geologic time.\n\nLeading schools that have ordered, recommended for reading, or adopted this book for course use: Arizona State University\nBrooklyn College CUNY\nColumbia University\nCornell University\nETH Zurich\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\nHarvard University\nJohns Hopkins University\nLuther College\nNorthwestern University\nOhio State University\nOxford Brookes University\nPan American University\nRutgers University\nState University of New York at Binghamton\nTexas A\u0026amp;M University\nTrinity College Dublin\nUniversity of Bristol\nUniversity of California-Los Angeles\nUniversity of Cambridge\nUniversity Of Chicago\nUniversity of Colorado at Boulder\nUniversity of Glasgow\nUniversity of Leicester\nUniversity of Maine, Farmington\nUniversity of Michigan\nUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\nUniversity of North Georgia\nUniversity of Nottingham\nUniversity of Oregon\nUniversity of Oxford\nUniversity of Portsmouth\nUniversity of Southampton\nUniversity of Ulster\nUniversity of Victoria\nUniversity of Wyoming\nWestern Kentucky University\nYale University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651889651765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691140065","price":59.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691140063_3457b129-cc27-46d5-9524-721e6f2565c2_654df4c7-5f75-4c21-a395-a91c77f84137_f383b355-fca5-4bdb-b8d9-75e1a3998fd2.jpg?v=1790374046","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/how-to-build-a-habitable-planet-the-story-of-earth-from-the-big-bang-to-humankind-revised-and-expanded-edition-8601400350997","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}