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Earth: An Intimate History

by Richard Fortey

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Paperback · 480 pages Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 2005

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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. • "Absorbing.... Cinematic.... The ultimate travel book, a guidebook that should be read by every person who wants to really know and understand the place we live on." —The New York Times

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 some of the most fascinating and intriguing spots on the planet.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Author
Richard Fortey
Format
Paperback
Published
Nov 8, 2005
ISBN-13
9780375706202
ISBN-10
0375706208
Pages
480
Carton quantity
24 copies
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