Synopsis This book in the series on the origins and development of the various sciences concentrates its focus onto earth science. The book takes such on approach to describing the history of earth science, such that it incorporates the beginning of the various disciplines within its purview. The roots of Earth science ostensibly began with the development of geography, and all the fields that have been incorporated since then within this science have been done so only after geography. Hence, the book lineate the history and evolution of earth science from the history of geography itself, giving a comprehensive account of the growth and the various developments that have taken place in this field throughout ages. This book may serves highly insightful for the readers.