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The Earth
The Earth
Author: Richard Fortey
From the acclaimed author of Life and Trilobite!, a fascinating geological exploration of the earth?s distant history as revealed by its natural wonders. — The face of the earth, crisscrossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed and changed again over billions of years, and the testament of the remote pas...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780006551379
ISBN-10: 0006551378
Publication Date: 3/7/2005
Pages: 520
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Publisher: HarperPerennial
Book Type: Paperback
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Kind of like a geological travelogue. I loved it, until he got to areas I know about, and he sounds rather amatuerish, or at least in need of better editing (p. 326 he mixes up Carson City and Virginia City). I still think it's worth reading. He explains how we know what we know about geology.


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