About this item
Based on a PBS television series of the same name, this book is a compendium of facts and theories about all facets of earth science. The authors have assembled a tremendous amount of information on geology, paleontology, meteorology, geography, and more for the general reader. They lead off with theories about the formation of the earth and the first appearance of life on the planet; in subsequent chapters, they examine human interaction with the environment and its subsequent destruction. Written in a breezy, readable style and filled with photographs, this book will entertain as well as inform. This is not a work in which to seek in-depth discussion of any particular aspect of the earth sciences, but it is a good place to start.- Randy Dykhuis, OCLC, Dublin, OhioCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Bruce Brown describes himself as a serial entrepreneur with a chronic networking condition.From his earliest days of networking in kindergarten in Lewiston, Maine to his present day high visibility in social media and ubiquitous presence at business networking events in the greater Wilmington, North Carolina region, Bruce has always been drawn to meeting and getting to know people. He attributes his business and personal success to relationships.Voted most versatile by his high school classmates, Bruce was President of his class at the University of Connecticut where he graduated with a B.A. in English. He also has graduate degrees in psychology and in counseling.Bruce has always been interested in learning about new businesses and meeting the people who work in them. In his varied career he has worked full or part time as a tobacco field hand, librarian, warehouse worker, truck driver, travel agent, high school English teacher, therapist, hypnotist, real estate agent, computer consultant, free lance writer, leather craftsman, business consultant and coach, waiter, machinist, aerobics instructor, and personal trainer. He has also worked in appliance, electronics, and men's' clothing sales.Bruce taught on the graduate level at colleges and universities, in fields as diverse as counseling, education administration, computer applications, and statistics.In 1990 Bruce co-authored with Craig Stinson Getting the Most Out of IBM CURRENT published by Brady Books, Simon & Shuster. IBM CURRENT was one of the earliest PC-based personal information management programs.In 2007 Bruce and his wife Marge wrote Ready, Set, Invest!, published by Lulu Publishing, a guide for beginning real estate investors.From 1985 through 2004 Bruce wrote literally thousands of articles about personal computing. For much of that time he was Contributing Editor for PC Magazine and Computer Shopper Magazine.Bruce currently maintains several blogs, including BeingBruceBrown.com - which he uses to document his travels and activities, networking events, and works in progress.Bruce is a real estate Broker with Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty in Leland, NC, ColdwellBankerSeaCoastRealty.com/BruceBrown.Bruce and Marge are also Senior Managers with SendOutCards. Their independent distributorship, Fat City Cards, can be found at FatCityCards.com.Quantum Results Coaching is Bruce and Marge's coaching and publishing company. In addition to writing the 31 Days to Mastery Series, of which this is the second volume (12 volumes are planned), Bruce also works with entrepreneurs and triathletes who are seeking rapid, significant improvement in their business or sport.QuantumResultsCoaching.com is the web site for Bruce and Marge's coaching, workshops, publications, and speaking. Bruce and Marge are both certified Facilitators for Enlightened Alliance's Passion Test Workshop, which they also offer via Quantum Results Coaching.Bruce and Marge co-founded the Leland Business