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John A. McPhee Basin and Range (livre de poche)
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Book Title
- Basin and Range
- Publication Name
- Basin and Range
- Title
- Basin and Range
- ISBN-10
- 0374516901
- EAN
- 9780374516901
- ISBN
- 9780374516901
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 1990
- Release Date
- 31/12/1990
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Item Weight
- 9.5 Oz
- Genre
- Nature, Science
- Book Series
- Annals of the Former World Ser.
- Publication Year
- 1982
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Topic
- Earth Sciences / Geology, Rocks & Minerals, Regional
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374516901
ISBN-13
9780374516901
eBay Product ID (ePID)
126369
Product Key Features
Book Title
Basin and Range
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1982
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geology, Rocks & Minerals, Regional
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Book Series
Annals of the Former World Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
80-028679
Reviews
He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase., McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about., In Basin and Range , McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book., "InBasin and Range, McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." Paul Zweig,The New York Times Book Review, One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating., "In Basin and Range , McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." Paul Zweig, The New York Times Book Review "One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating." -- Geotimes "He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase." -- Stephen J. Gould, New York Review of Books "An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s." -- Howard R. Gould President, the Geological Society of America "McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about." -- Wendell Cochran, Geotimes "The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist." -- H. A. Kuehnert, Director, Worldwide Exploration, Phillips Petroleum Company, The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist., InBasin and Range, McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." – Paul Zweig,The New York Times Book Review One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating." --Geotimes He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase." -- Stephen J. Gould,New York Review of Books An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s." -- Howard R. Gould President, the Geological Society of America McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about." -- Wendell Cochran,Geotimes The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist." -- H. A. Kuehnert, Director, Worldwide Exploration, Phillips Petroleum Company, "In Basin and Range , McPhee is not so much a visiting amateur as a rhapsodist of "deep time" . . . The result is a fascinating book." -- Paul Zweig, The New York Times Book Review "One result of the trip west is an introduction to plate tectonics--probably the most readable summary extant. Geologists will find it sound, others will find it understandable and illuminating." -- Geotimes "He triumphs by succinct prose, by his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a complex issue, or an arcane trade secret, in a well-turned phrase." -- Stephen J. Gould, New York Review of Books "An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s." -- Howard R. Gould President, the Geological Society of America "McPhee has taken on something that all of us--especially the American Geological Institute and its news magazine Geotimes--should take on: the explanation to non-geologists of what geology is all about." -- Wendell Cochran, Geotimes "The best popular portrayal of geology that I have seen in my thirty-two years of experience as a professional geologist." -- H. A. Kuehnert, Director, Worldwide Exploration, Phillips Petroleum Company, An exciting account of geology and the geologist, providing both an excellent history and an up-to-date snapshot of our science in the 1980s.
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
557.9
Synopsis
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world--a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
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