Earth Time: Exploring the Deep Past From Victorian England to the Grand Canyon - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470022213 ISBN 13 : 9780470022214

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005

Synopsis

The dramatic history of planet Earth and the rocky road to understanding the past

• A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have attempted to understand its origins.
• Full of fascinating anecdotes about 19th century explorers and natural philosophers who first carved up Earth's history just as others were carving up the globe.
• Unravels the fascinating history of rock strata and the implications they have had on accepted theories on the Earth's life.
• Considers the future of the earth, and what a repeat of some of the catastrophic events of the earth's past, such as major earthquakes and asteroid collisions, could mean for life today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Douglas Palmer is an academic, lecturer and popular science writer. He is author or co-author of a wide range of books on prehistoric life and fossils, including the best selling Earth. He teaches for the Cambridge University Natural Science Tripos and the International Summer School. A former earth sciences lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, he also spent two years as an exhibition coordinator at the National Museum of Wales.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0470022213
• ISBN 13: 9780470022214
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Palmer Douglas
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