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Nature 436, 462 (28 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436462a; Published online 27 July 2005
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Two Post-Doctoral Position In Nanomedicine
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta" (FINCB)
- Via Celoria n.11, 20133 Milano, Italy
Faculty Positions
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Galveston, TX United States
A planet tells its story
Simon Lamb1
BOOK REVIEWED-Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
by Marcia Bjornerud
Basic Books: 2005. 256 pp. $26, £15.50
On a recent flight back to Britain from the United States, the person sitting next to me, after discovering that I was a geologist, asked me if it was true that predictions about global warming were just bad science.I thought of the scientists around the world who had devoted their careers to unravelling the way our planet works and the impact we humans have had on the environment.
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