Earth: An Intimate History

图书标准信息

• 作者 Richard Fortey 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2005-11
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780375706202
• 定价 142.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Vintage

【内容简介】

InEarth,theacclaimedauthorofTrilobite!andLifetakesusonagrandtouroftheearth’sphysicalpast,showinghowthehistoryofplatetectonicsisetchedinthelandscapearoundus.

BeginningwithMt.Vesuvius,whoseeruptioninRomantimeshelpedsparkthescienceofgeology,andendinginalabintheWestofEnglandwheremathematicalmodelsandlabexperimentsreplacedirectobservation,RichardForteytellsuswhatthepresentsaysaboutancientgeologicprocesses.Heshowshowplatetectonicscametorulethegeophysicallandscapeandhowtheevidenceiswritteninthehillsandinthestones.Andintheprocess,hetakesusonawonderfuljourneyaroundtheglobetovisitsomeofthemostfascinatingandintriguingspotsontheplanet.

【作者简介】

RichardForteyisaseniorpaleontologistattheNaturalHistoryMuseuminLondon.Lifewasshort-listedfortheRh™ne-PoulencPrizein1998,Trilobite!wasshort-listedfortheSamuelJohnsonPrizein2001,andTheHiddenLandscapewasawardedtheNaturalWorldBookoftheYearin1993.HewasawardedtheLewisThomasPrizeforsciencewritingbyRockefellerUniversityin2004.HewasCollierProfessorforthePublicUnderstandingofScienceattheUniversityofBristolin2002andisnowaFellowoftheRoyalSociety.HelivesinLondon.

【目录】

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Up andDown

2 Island

3 Oceans and Continents

4 Alps

5 Plates

6 Ancient Ranges

7 TheDollar

8 HotRocks

9 Fault Lines

10 The Ancient of Days

11 Cover Story

12 Deep Things

13 World View

Picture Credits

Further Reading

Index