Young Man Asks About the World: Earth's Mysteries

Author: Zhou Jingning
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: In the universe, there is a beautiful and unique blue planet, which is our home—the Earth. Through slow and arduous exploration of the Earth, humans have developed various disciplines to reveal the truths hidden beneath the surface, trace the stories of hundreds of millions of years ago, explore the essence of life, and touch the secrets of the distant sky. Now, we know that the land beneath our feet is "drifting," the mountains around us are growing, organisms are evolving, and the climate is warming. In the deep ocean, there are millions of life forms that do not need sunlight. The Earth is so complex that even with humanity's highest wisdom and newest technological means, our understanding is still far from sufficient. Fortunately, our predecessors have done a lot for us, allowing us today to learn the essence of Earth science, its past, present, and future from this book. The Young People's Inquiry into the World is a richly informative children's knowledge series, consisting of 6 books, which introduce interesting knowledge about animals, the Earth, the universe, the human body, UFOs, and mysterious phenomena in the world, unraveling many mysteries unknown to ordinary people. Each book is accompanied by over 300 vivid color illustrations to help readers visually understand the characteristics and laws of things.
In the universe, there is a beautiful and unique blue planet, which is our home—the Earth. The Earth is currently the only known planet in the vast universe that has nurtured advanced life. Humans have lived and multiplied on Earth for tens of thousands of years, yet our understanding of it lags far behind. For a long time, humans believed they lived at the center of the universe. It wasn't until the 16th century, when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan completed his circumnavigation, that people realized they lived on a huge sphere, not a flat board. Around the same time, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric theory, which moved humans from the center of the solar system to its edge, making them realize that they were rotating like a top every day as the Earth moved. By 1969, humans finally got to witness the Earth from the moon on television screens. Through slow and arduous exploration of the Earth, humans have developed various disciplines to reveal the truths hidden beneath the surface, trace the stories of hundreds of millions of years ago, explore the essence of life, and touch the secrets of the distant sky. Now, we know that the land beneath our feet is "drifting," the mountains around us are growing, organisms are evolving, and the climate is warming. In the deep ocean, there are millions of life forms that do not need sunlight. The Earth is so complex that even with humanity's highest wisdom and newest technological means, our understanding is still far from sufficient. Fortunately, our predecessors have done a lot for us, allowing us today to learn the essence of Earth science, its past, present, and future from this book.