Charles Officer Books
The great dinosaur extinction controversy
In 1980 Nobel Laureate Luis Alvarez announced his theory of the dinosaurs final demise: a gigantic meteorite crashed into the earth and raised a cloud of dust that caused darkness for years, suppre...
Read MoreThe Big One: The Earthquake that Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science
"In the early 1800s a series of gargantuan earth tremors seized the American frontier. Tremendous roars and flashes of eerie light accompanied huge spouts of water and gas. Six-foot-high waterfalls...
Read MoreEarth and You
"This book by Officer and Page is largely optimistic. It tells the stories of how a number of key environmental problems here and abroad have been recognized and dealt with, often with success, oft...
Read MoreA Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic
"The second edition of A Fabulous Kingdom will explain the history of the arctic and describe the current scientific and environmental issues that threaten this fascinating region"--
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