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Description: 209 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Geology --Northeastern States.
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"This is a book you cannot put down...It provides a great deal of information about the way many geologists think about science...and about the necessity for continual questioning and revising of new and old ideas. This is the best way science can remain healthy and continue to grow." --Robert D. Hatcher, Jr., Natural History "John McPhee is our best and liveliest writer about the earth and earth sciences. He overspreads his territory like an ice sheet, and yet his touch is light. He can distribute silt and sand as deftly as he wears down mountains." --Wallace Stegner, Los Angeles Times Book Review
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From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold, John McPhee's In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others-- a biography; a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there; a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range; and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics-- here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, In Suspect Terrain is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science. In Suspect Terrain is the second book in a series on geology and geologists, presenting a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallel, and gathered under the overall title Annals of the Former World. The other books in the series are Basin and Range, Rising from the Plains, and Assembling California.
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- EditorialFarrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
- Año de publicación1983
- ISBN 10 0374176507
- ISBN 13 9780374176501
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In Suspect Terrain
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Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0374176507
ISBN 13: 9780374176501
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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. A Fair copy in a Fair dust wrapper of a former library copy of ".the second book in a series on geology and geologists, presenting a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallel, and gathered under the overall title Annals of the Former World. The other books in the series are "Basin and Range", "Rising from the Plains", and "Assembling California"." Wear to dust wrapper with a library label still attached on the back and smudging at the base of the spine where a label was removed. Both inside flaps of the dust wrapper have been cut off. Back boards still have dust wrapper attached with tape. Creasing to dust wrapper. Library stamps in black ink along top edgings of pages. Wear to side edgings on all sides. Khaki color boards have pieces of tape remaining where the cover was attached. Gilt lettering still crisp on the spine. Embossed library information remains on the front flyleaf and the Title page. From Verso:"First printing, 1983" Library cataloging notes in black ink and blue ballpoint remain on the Dedication page. Small lines in margin in blue ballpoint to pages 9, 10, 19 and 20. Top of page 23/24 is creased. The "Geological time scale adapted by Tom Funk" is complete on the flyleaves but there is a rear flyleaf that has been torn out with a piece remaining. "Summary: From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold, John McPhee's "In Suspect Terrain" is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others-- a biography a set piece about a fragment of Appalachian landscape in illuminating counterpoint to the human history there a modern collision of ideas about the origins of the mountain range and, in contrast, a century-old collision of ideas about the existence of the Ice Age. The central figure is Anita Harris, an internationally celebrated geologist who went into her profession to get out of a Brooklyn ghetto. The unifying theme is plate tectonics-- here concentrating on the acceptance that all aspects of the theory do not universally enjoy. As such, "In Suspect Terrain" is a report from the rough spots at the front edge of a science. ""Description: 209 pages ; 22 cm.". Nº de ref. del artículo: 002779
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