The Origin and Evolution of Earth: From the Big Bang to the Future of Human Existence

The Origin and Evolution of Earth: From the Big Bang to the Future of Human Existence « Series from 2024

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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 the unique lens of mineral evolution.

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Mineralogy and a New View of Earth

Origin and Evolution of the Early Universe

Origins of the Elements—Nucleosynthesis

Ur-Minerals, First Crystals in the Cosmos

Presolar Dust Grains—Chemistry Begins

Coming to Grips with Deep Time

The Birth of the Solar System

The Early Solar System—Terrestrial Planets

Hints from the Gas Giants and Their Moons

Meteorites—The Oldest Objects You Can Hold

Mineral Evolution, Go! Chondrite Meteorites

Meteorite Types and Planetesimals

Achondrites and Geochemical Affinities

The Accretion and Differentiation of Earth

How Did the Moon Form?

The Big Thwack!

The “Big Six” Elements of Early Earth

The Black Earth—Peridotite to Basalt

Origins of the Oceans

Blue Earth and the Water Cycle

Earth and Mars versus Mercury and the Moon

Gray Earth - Clays and the Rise of Granite

Earth's Mineralogy Takes Off—Pegmatites

Moving Continents and the Rock Cycle

Plate Tectonics Changes Everything