Earth An Intimate History

Name: Earth An Intimate History
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ISBN: 9780375706202

ISBN-10: 0375706208

ISBN-13: 9780375706202

Edition: 2005

Authors: Richard Fortey

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In Earth, the acclaimed author of Trilobite! and Life takes us on a grand tour of the earth’s physical past, showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us. Beginning with Mt. Vesuvius, whose eruption in Roman times helped spark the science of geology, and ending in a lab in the West of England where mathematical models and lab experiments replace direct observation, Richard Fortey tells us what the present says about ancient geologic processes. He shows how plate tectonics came to rule the geophysical landscape and how the evidence is written in the hills and in the stones. And in the process, he takes us on a wonderful journey around the globe to visit…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.94" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Richard Fortey is a senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London.



Acknowledgements


Preface



Up and Down



Island



Oceans and Continents



Alps



Plates



Ancient Ranges



The Dollar



Hot Rocks



Fault Lines



The Ancient of Days



Cover Story



Deep Things



World View


Picture Credits


Further Reading


Index