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Bjornerud, Marcia

 
9780465006847: Reading The Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
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ISBN 10: 0465006841 ISBN 13: 9780465006847
Editorial: Basic Books, 2006

Sinopsis

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 Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader along on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, explaining in elegant prose 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. Containing a glossary and detailed timescale, as well as vivid descriptions and historic accounts, Reading the Rocks is literally a history of the world, for all friends of the Earth.

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Acerca del autor

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.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0465006841
ISBN 13 
9780465006847
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Número de páginas
257
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