Earth: An Intimate History
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375406263 (0375406263)
Publish date: November 2nd 2004
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Popular Science,
Geology,
Environment,
Nature,
Natural History,
Biology,
Science Nature,
Evolution
TITLE: The Earth: An Intimate History AUTHOR: Richard Fortey DATE PUBLISHED: 2005 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-00-655137-9 ____________________________ Blurb: "This is the life story of our planet - told by one of our most brilliant science writers. With Richard Fortey as our g...
Part travelogue, part history of geological thought, part geology explanation. I wonder if he was trying to appeal to the non-geologist and demonstrate how the landscape forms a part of the work of the geologist. I think he was successful, but I often found the florid landscape descriptions distra...
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