中国地质大学刘本培教授和北京大学蔡运龙教授主编,作为大学生学习地球科学基本知识的通用基础课教材——《地球科学导论》,已由高等教育出版社出版并在全国发行。此书是面向21世纪课程教材,是教育部通过全国范围招标、评审程序选定的“九五”国家级重点教材。选材内容广泛新颖,包括:人类唯一家园行星地球的起源和演化,固体地球圈层的结构和运动,地球表层系统 China University of Geosciences Professor Liu Benpei and Peking University Professor Cai Yunlong, as a general knowledge of earth science students to learn the basic textbook - “Introduction to Earth Science”, has been published by the Higher Education Press and issued in the country. This book is for the 21st century course materials, is the Ministry of Education through the national bidding, review process selected “95 ” national key teaching material. The materials are widely available and include: the origin and evolution of the planet Earth, the only homeland of mankind, the structure and movement of the solid earthosphere, the Earths surface system