Earth Time: Exploring the Deep Past from Victorian England to the Grand Canyon
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005
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The dramatic history of planet Earth and the rocky road to understanding the past * A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have attempted to understand its origins. Editor(s): Palmer, Douglas. Num Pages: 358 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550. . 2005. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- Earth Time: Exploring the Deep Past from Victorian England to the Grand Canyon
- Author
- Palmer, Douglas
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0470022213
- ISBN 13
- 9780470022214
- A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have attempted to understand its origins.
- Full of fascinating anecdotes about 19th century explorers and natural philosophers who first carved up Earth's history just as others were carving up the globe.
- Unravels the fascinating history of rock strata and the implications they have had on accepted theories on the Earth's life.
- Considers the future of the earth, and what a repeat of some of the catastrophic events of the earth's past, such as major earthquakes and asteroid collisions, could mean for life today.
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