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Paperback edition of the "Sunday Times" bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today - following continual movement of seabeds, valleys, mountains and ice caps. Engagingly written, making geology vital and exhilerating. "Fortey writes beautifully... he has restored palaeontology to its rightful place in the pantheon" "Observer"
Synopsis
The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world -- permanently.