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From humble beginnings, Rome became perhaps the greatest intercontinental power in the world. This book demonstrates the important link... Læs mere
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Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over the geologic timescale. At one extreme, Earth has been glaciated from the poles to the equator for periods that may have lasted millions of years. This title presents the study of such changes and their causes.
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How do high mountain ranges form on the face of the Earth? This question has intrigued some of the greatest philosophers and scientists, going back as far as the ancient Greeks. This book tells the story of one scientist, and his quest for the key to this geological mystery.
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The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences.... Læs mere
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Rocks are crucial constituents of our lives, not only making the solid ground beneath our feet, but breaking up into the soil that feeds our crops, and providing the metal... Læs mere
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Once, the ocean of Tethys stretched across the world. It vanished just before Man appeared on Earth. Dorrik Stow tells of the powerful forces that created and... Læs mere
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Jan Zalasiewicz introduces the field of geology, its fundamental role in understanding the Earth and other planets, and its economic importance in the finding and... Læs mere
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In two volumes: an annotated facsimile of this classic title (first published 1841) plus a Critical Study. Ross-shire born polymath Hugh Miller... Læs mere
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Driven by the geological imagination of India as well as its landscape, people, past, and destiny, Inscriptions of Nature reveals how human evolution, myths, aboriginality, and colonial state formation fundamentally defined Indian antiquity.
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Lynn R. Sykes played a key role in the birth of plate tectonics, conducting revelatory research on earthquakes. In this book, he gives an invaluable insider’s perspective on the theory’s development and its implications.
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Addressing the history of the earth in terms of geological process and the resolution of the fossil record, Martin presents a lucid report on the current state of knowledge of a group of interconnected themes-process, scale and hierarchy, and methodologies of historical sciences.
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The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth's climatic history, when the warm,... Læs mere