Language of the EarthFrank Harold Trevor Rhodes, Richard O. Stone Man's complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This volume provides a portrait of the planet as experienced not just by scientists, but by artists, aviators, poets, philosophers, novelists, historians, and sociologists as well.A unique collection that bridges the gap between science and humanitiesContains writings by scientists, artists, aviators, poets, philosophers, novelists, historians, and sociologists including Charles Darwin, Dane Picard, Rachel Carson, John Muir, Mark Twain and Archibald GeikieRepresents the human experience over the centuries, covering a span of 2,500 yearsReflects the planet's extraordinary physical diversityThe previous edition was voted one of the 25 'Great Books of Geology' by readers of the Journal of Geological Education...this is a very worthwhile read, with something for everyone interested in geography, earth systems and geology, natural history or the general environment. Robert A. Francis, King's College London, Progress in Physical Geography |
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... limestone ) near my home . The stony creek bed and adjacent fields were full of fossils like ammonites , fluted bivalves , and smooth terebratula as large as nuts - all petrified into yellowish - white limestone and washed free of the ...
... limestone ) near my home . The stony creek bed and adjacent fields were full of fossils like ammonites , fluted bivalves , and smooth terebratula as large as nuts - all petrified into yellowish - white limestone and washed free of the ...
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... Limestone , which extols the virtues of limestone terrain . It is ' the one landscape that we , the inconstant ones , are consistently homesick for ... ' because ' The best and worst never stayed here long but sought Immoderate soils ...
... Limestone , which extols the virtues of limestone terrain . It is ' the one landscape that we , the inconstant ones , are consistently homesick for ... ' because ' The best and worst never stayed here long but sought Immoderate soils ...
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... limestone formation again occurs , with gypsum lying im- mediately upon it . Broad flat valleys , cultivated almost up to the top of the hillside and often quite over it , the older limestone mixed with crumbled gypsum . After this ...
... limestone formation again occurs , with gypsum lying im- mediately upon it . Broad flat valleys , cultivated almost up to the top of the hillside and often quite over it , the older limestone mixed with crumbled gypsum . After this ...
Contents
GEOLOGIC KNOWLEDGE | 1 |
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS | 45 |
PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY | 115 |
Copyright | |
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