Language of the Earth: A Literary AnthologyFrank H. T. Rhodes, Richard O. Stone, Bruce D. Malamud 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.
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... Goetzmann : The Great Diamond Hoax 3-9 Foreword by Luna B. Leopold , Paul D. Komar , and Vance Haynes : Sand , Wind , and War 3-10 Hans Cloos : Ship's Wake 4. Celebrities 4-1 H. Stommel: Benjamin Franklin and the Gulf Stream 4-2.
... Goetzmann : The Great Diamond Hoax 3-9 Foreword by Luna B. Leopold , Paul D. Komar , and Vance Haynes : Sand , Wind , and War 3-10 Hans Cloos : Ship's Wake 4. Celebrities 4-1 H. Stommel: Benjamin Franklin and the Gulf Stream 4-2.
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... Stream 4-2 Thomas Clements: Leonardo Da Vinci as a Geologist 4-3 R.Magnus: Mineralogy, Geology, Meteorology 4-4 E.T. Martin: Megalonyx, Mammoth, and Mother Earth 4-5 WilliamA.Stanley: Three Short, Happy Months 4-6 W.G. Collingwood ...
... Stream 4-2 Thomas Clements: Leonardo Da Vinci as a Geologist 4-3 R.Magnus: Mineralogy, Geology, Meteorology 4-4 E.T. Martin: Megalonyx, Mammoth, and Mother Earth 4-5 WilliamA.Stanley: Three Short, Happy Months 4-6 W.G. Collingwood ...
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... stream valleys and more or less resemble fresh concrete . They consist of water mixed with a good deal of solid material , most of which is above sand size . Some of it is Chevrolet size . Boulders bigger than cars ride long distances ...
... stream valleys and more or less resemble fresh concrete . They consist of water mixed with a good deal of solid material , most of which is above sand size . Some of it is Chevrolet size . Boulders bigger than cars ride long distances ...
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... streaming home to spend the winter with their families . It was a gay time of homecoming , of matchmaking and marrying , of meeting old friends in the many bar - cafés which served as clubs , of swapping stories of the season's business ...
... streaming home to spend the winter with their families . It was a gay time of homecoming , of matchmaking and marrying , of meeting old friends in the many bar - cafés which served as clubs , of swapping stories of the season's business ...
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... stream of smoking lava which it masked, enveloped the Guerin sugar factory, burying its owner, his wife, overseer, and twenty-five workmen and domestics. Dismayed by this tragedy, M. Clerc and many others moved from the slopes into St ...
... stream of smoking lava which it masked, enveloped the Guerin sugar factory, burying its owner, his wife, overseer, and twenty-five workmen and domestics. Dismayed by this tragedy, M. Clerc and many others moved from the slopes into St ...
Contents
Exploration | |
Geologists are also Human | |
Celebrities | |
INTERPRETING THE EARTH | |
Hypotheses | |
The Fossil Record | |
Controversies | |
Prose | |
Poetry | |
Powell Art and Geology at the Grand Canyon | |
THE CROWDED PLANET | |
Resources | |
Benevolent Planet | |
Sources | |
Geotectonics | |
Earthquakes | |
Names index | |
Subject index | |
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