The Story of Earth & Life: A Southern Africa Perspective on a 4.6 Billion-year Journey
- ISBN-10
- 1770071482
- ISBN-13
- 9781770071483
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Struik Pub
- Authors
- Terence McCarthy, Bruce Rubisge
Description
"Compiled by staff of the School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg."
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- 2013-07-10
- 334 pages
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- Penguin Random House South Africa
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