Sand: A journey through science and the imagination - Brossura

Welland, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 019958818X ISBN 13: 9780199588183

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2010

Riassunto

This book is all about sand - sand in individual grains, each one a little different; sand in piles; sand in shoals and dunes; the science of sand but also, shot through the book, sand and imagination - the art and the music of sand. Did you know that the Sand Mountain in Nevada emits a low C, while dunes in Chile sound an F, and those in Morocco a G#? For all its ubiquity, sand is an extraordinary substance. For scientists, it is important in many ways: it represents the crushed remains of past rock, and builds up into layers in lake and ocean beds, layers of sandstone from which we can extract the history of deep time; its erosion creates complex landscapes of mounds and dunes which move in characteristic ways; its grains are remarkable individually and in their behaviour together as a granular material. And to travellers, poets and artists, the deserts it forms are full of grandeur and pathos. Michael Welland is a geologist who has a passion for sand. He shows that truly, one can see a world, both in space and time, in a grain of sand.

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Recensione

Surprising and fascinating sandy facts in this information-dense book. (Zoe Kamen, Time Out)

Fascinating study. (PD Smith, Guardian)

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019958818X
• ISBN 13: 9780199588183
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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