Earth: Portrait of a Planet (Looseleaf)

Marshak, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0393156052 ISBN 13: 9780393156058

Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Riassunto

An exciting revision of this innovative text, Earth: Portrait of a Planet, Third Edition, emphasizes active student learning with a new chapter format, interactive media, and the power and insight of Google Earth™.

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About the Author:

Stephen Marshak is a Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he taught for 35 years.  During this time, he also served as Head of the Department of Geology and as Director of the School of Earth, Society, & Environment.  Steve holds an A.B. from Cornell University, an M.S. from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University all in geology.  His research interests in structural geology and tectonics have taken him in the field on several continents.  Steve, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, has won the highest teaching awards at both the college and campus levels at the University of Illinois, and has also received a Neil Miner Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers for “exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences.”  In addition to research papers and Earth: Portrait of a Planet, Essentials of Geology, Earth Science, and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology, he has co-authored Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, and Basic Methods of Structural Geology.

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• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0393156052
• ISBN 13: 9780393156058
• Rilegatura: Loose Leaf
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 880