Reading The Rocks: The Autobiography Of The Earth - Rilegato

Bjornerud, Marcia

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ISBN 10: 081334249X ISBN 13: 9780813342498

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2005

Riassunto

This armchair guide to the making of the geologic record shows how to understand messages written in stone. To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history--but to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in beach sand, granite, and garnet schists, the planet has kept a rich and idiosyncratic journal of its past. Fulbright Scholar Bjornerud takes the reader along on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, explaining what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, Bjornerud uses anecdotes and metaphors to remind us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. She shows how our planet has long maintaineda delicate balance, and how the global give-and-take has sustained life on Earth through numerous upheavals.--From publisher description.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Marcia Bjornerud is a Professor and Chair of Geology at Lawrence University. She is a Fellow of the Geographical Society of America, and was a 2000-2001 Fulbright Scholar. She lives in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 081334249X
• ISBN 13: 9780813342498
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 237
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile