PREFACE:rn1. TIME AND TERRESTRIAL CHANGErn2. FLOODS; FOSSILS; AND HERESIESrn3. EVOLUTIONSrn4. THE RELATIVE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE AND MODERN CONCEPTS OF STRATIGRAPHYrn5. THE NUMERICAL DATING OF THE EARTHrn6. THE ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE EARTHrn7. MOUNTAIN BUIDING AND DRIFTING CONTINENTSrn8. CRYPTOZOIC HISTORYrn9. EARLY LIFE AND ITS PATTERNSrn10. EARLIEST PALEOZOIC HISTORYrn11. THE LATER ORDOVICIANrn12. THE MIDDLE PALEOZOICrn13. LATE PALEOZOIC HISTORYrn14. THE MESOZOIC ERArn15. CENOZOIC HISTORYrn16. PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION AND THE ADVENT OF HUMANITYrn17. THE BEST PF ALL POSSIBLE