The Origin and Evolution of Earth: From the Big Bang to the Future of Human Existence - DVD, digital video course
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Cost
$519.95
Upcoming Schedule
- On demand
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The Great Courses are uniquely crafted for lifelong learners like you, with
engaging, immersive learning experiences you can’t get in a lecture hall. The
secret ingredient is YOU. Our customers are involved at every step of the
process, helping to choose course subjects and select professors from the
thousands we screen each year. The course creation process that follows
involves so much more than just placing a camera in the back of a classroom.
We surround the world’s greatest teachers with a team of experts who
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Provider Subject Specialization
Humanities
Arts & Design
Course Description
The evolution of minerals has played a central role all across the surface of the planet and throughout its interior. In The Origin and Evolution of Earth: From the Big Bang to the Future of Human Existence, experience the thrill of piecing together this story in an enlightening new perspective. In 48 lectures by Professor Robert M. Hazen, the noted scientist who pioneered the study of mineral evolution, you follow events from the big bang to the formation of Earth to the many twists and turns in our planet’s evolution. In a course suitable for scientists and nonscientists alike, Professor Hazen recounts Earth’s story through 10 stages of mineral evolution.
