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Read Time: ~3.2 hr

Before the sun dies

by Roy A. Gallant (1989)

About this book

Presents the theories, controversies, and latest scientific thinking on how the Solar System, the Earth, and the first biological organisms came to be and how the latter changed and adapted for survival. Includes a glossary of terms.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreBefore the sun dies Lead Character

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