{"title":"J. D. Macdougall","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ. D. MACDOUGALL is Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, and the author of more than one hundred articles in professional journals. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eWhy Geology Matters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNature’s Clocks\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFrozen Earth\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacdougall has published in \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e and contributed to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, and conducted research in geochemistry at Scripps for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Macdougall has worked as a geoscientist and educator, traveling from Siberia and the Canadian Arctic to the floor of the Pacific Ocean in the submersible Alvin. That firsthand fieldwork across the globe informs his writing on earth sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoug lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. D. Macdougall’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-planet-earth","title":"A Short History of Planet Earth: Mountains, Mammals, Fire, and Ice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid introduction to geology and paleontology for the lay reader. To compress Earth's history into a single, lucidly written volume is a major achievement.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Few people have both the knowledge and the writing ability to capture such a long and varied history in a compelling manner. In \u003cem\u003eA Short History of Planet Earth,\u003c\/em\u003e J.D. Macdougal demonstrates that he is one of the few.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exhilarating survey of the four and half billion years of Earth's history charts both the geological and biological history of the planet. It moves from the origin of the earth's iron core to the formation of today's seven continents, and from the primordial building blocks of life to the evolution of the human form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1620457105\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781620457108\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"J. D. Macdougall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43185562779864,"sku":"9781620457108","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185562812632,"sku":"9781620458037","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470341308_FC_mockup_v2_1665177917_8a19cc7e-faf6-4b5f-bbee-fb6ab4939061.jpg?v=1791994783"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-j-d-macdougall.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}