Earth: One Planet's Epic Story

From the award-winning author of Manhattan and A Place Called America, Earth takes the long view—celebrating the enduring planet we call home

With air to breathe, a sun to warm it, and water that sustains life, planet Earth is unique in the universe.

Travel back in deep time to learn about Earth’s formation and to discover how life on Earth evolved through the ages. From the Big Bang to its earliest single-celled organisms, to plant life, dinosaurs, mammals, and modern-day human beings—witnes...