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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- City of Publication
- London
- ISBN
- 1847080413
- EAN
- 9781847080417
- Weight
- 240.00 grams
- Date of Publication
- 2008-09-01
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Granta Books
ISBN-10
1847080413
ISBN-13
9781847080417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038605594
Product Key Features
Book Title
Supercontinent : 10 Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geology
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
551.41
Synopsis
Ted Nield tells the astounding story of how the science of plate tectonics emerged (often in the face of fierce opposition), and how scientists today are using the most modern techniques to draw information out of the oldest rocks on Earth., The shifting continents of the Earth are heading for inevitable collision: 250 million years from now, all the land masses on this planet will come together in a single, gigantic supercontinent which no human is ever likely to see. That future supercontinent will not be the first to form on Earth, nor will it be the last. Each cycle lasts half a billion years, making it the grandest of all the patterns in nature. It is scarcely a century since science first understood how Pangaea, the supercontinent which gave birth to dinosaurs, split apart, but scientists can now look back three-quarters of a billion years into the Earth's almost indecipherable past to reconstruct Pangaea's predecessor, and computer-model the shape of the Earth's far-distant future. Ted Nield's book tells the astounding story of how that science emerged (often in the face of fierce opposition), and how scientists today are using the most modern techniques to draw information out of the oldest rocks on Earth. It also reveals the remarkable human story of the Altantis-seeking visionaries and madmen who have been imagining lost or undiscovered continents for centuries. Ultimately all supercontinents exist only in the human imagination, but understanding the 'Supercontinent Cycle' represents nothing less than finally knowing how our planet works., Cutting-edge popular science that reveals the grandest pattern in nature. Two hundred and fifty million years from now, all the landmasses on Earth will come together in a single supercontinent - not the first to form on the planet, nor the last. It is scarcely a century since we first understood how Pangaea, the supercontinent which dinosaurs roamed, split apart, but scientists can now look back three-quarters of a billion years to reconstruct Pangaea's predecessor, and computer-model the shape of the Earth's far-distant future. Ted Nield tells the story of how that science emerged, from the Atlantis-seeking visionaries and madmen who have been imagining lost continents for centuries to the scientists today who are drawing information out of the oldest rocks on Earth. Supercontinent will appeal to readers who enjoyed Simon Winchester's The Map That Changed the World and Richard Fortey's The Earth: An Intimate Biography.
LC Classification Number
QE511.5
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