by Claude Allègre · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253109396
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«De la pierre à l'étoile» is Claude Allègre's essay on the history of the Earth, in a paperback edition from LGF/Le Livre de Poche (440 pages, French).
Claude Allègre, a geochemist, reconstructs the planet's history from the Big Bang to the emergence of life. Using meteorites, lunar rocks, samples from ocean abysses and stones from Icelandic volcanoes, he explains the formation of the Earth and the methods of modern geology, from fossil collection to mass spectrometry.
Originally written in French, the book was published in 1985; the present edition appeared in 2007.
For a general audience interested in geology and the techniques scientists use to reconstruct the planet's past.
Claude Allègre was a French politician and scientist. His work in the field of isotope geochemistry was recognised with the award of many senior medals, including the Crafoord Prize for geosciences in 1986 and the William Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union in 1995. His political service included a three-year term as Minister of Education in France, from 1997 to 2000.
