SCIENCEF°REVERYONEThe book though included in popular science series presents a vast panorama of geological events ranging from prehistoric times to the present period, and covers practically all the landmarks in the history of evolution. Various stages in the development of plants, animals, and man form a concatenation of scientifically valid discoveries with the disquisition of which the readers will become acquainted.The author of this book is Prof. George Voitkevich, head of the department of geochemistry and geophysics at Rostov on-Don State University. His multilateral scientific activity within the domain of the Earth sciences is well known in his own country as well as elsewhere. His Fundamentals of Geochemistry is at present the standard manual for Soviet universities, some of his books have been translated into European and Oriental languages.